Letter : Newport, R.I., to Mrs. Lippincott, 1868 Mar. 21.

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Letter : Newport, R.I., to Mrs. Lippincott, 1868 Mar. 21.

Autograph letter signed. Higginson highly praises a poem by Mrs. Lippincott (Grace Greenwood) published in Putnam's Magazine.

1 item (2 p.) ; 21 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7650131

University of Chicago Library

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Greenwood, Grace, 1823-1904

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Sara Jane Lippincott (September 23, 1823 – April 20, 1904) was an American author, poet, correspondent, lecturer, and newspaper founder. Lippincott's accomplishments include many firsts. She was the founder of the first children's magazine in the United States, the first woman writer and reporter on the payroll of the New York Times, and one of the first women to gain access and prominence in journalism, publishing, literature and politics. As one of the first women to gain access into the Congr...

Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, 1823-1911

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Higginson was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on December 22, 1823. He was a descendant of Francis Higginson, a Puritan minister and immigrant to the colony of Massachusetts Bay. His father, Stephen Higginson (born in Salem, Massachusetts, November 20, 1770; died in Cambridge, Massachusetts, February 20, 1834), was a merchant and philanthropist in Boston and steward of Harvard University from 1818 until 1834. His grandfather, also named Stephen Higginson, was a member of the Continental Congre...