Horace Mann papers II, 1826-1882.

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Horace Mann papers II, 1826-1882.

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Letters written and received by reformer Mary Tyler Peabody Mann, wife of educator and statesman Horace Mann, 1826-1882, include correspondence with her sister Sophia Peabody Hawthorne, [Love] Rawlins Pickman, Susan Cabot Higginson, Sally J. Gardner, and Eliza L. Guild, among others. Letters discuss education, family matters, politics, religion, and Mary's writings. Also includes some letters written to and from Horace Mann and her sister educator Elizabeth Palmer Peabody.

1 box and 1 oversize box.

Massachusetts Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7763081

Massachusetts Historical Society

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Higginson, Susan.

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Mann, Mary Tyler Peabody, 1806-1887

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Educator. From the description of Papers of Mary Tyler Peabody Mann, 1863-1876. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79451614 Mary Tyler Peabody Mann was an active social reformer, educator, and author. Along with her sisters, Elizabeth Peabody and Sophia Peabody Hawthorne, she created and maintained vital connections within the Transcendentalist movement. Mary and her husband, educator Horace Mann, were active abolitionists. The sisters's practical application of optimism and hum...

Mann, Horace, 1796-1859

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Horace Mann was an educator and a statesman who greatly advanced the cause of universal, free, non-sectarian public schools. Mann also advocated temperance, abolition, hospitals for the mentally ill, and women's rights. From the description of Horace Mann Letter, 1858. (University of the Pacific). WorldCat record id: 213372958 Horace Mann, "Father of our Public Schools," was born in Franklin, Massachusetts on May 4, 1796. His family was poor and his father di...

Peabody, Elizabeth Palmer, 1804-1894

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Elizabeth Palmer Peabody was at the center of the Transcendentalist movement in New England. Although she wrote and published many works, she is best remembered for her support and friendship of Emerson, Hawthorne, Margaret Fuller and many others. She published the journal Dial, founded the famous West Street Book Shop and Publishing House, and introduced kindergarten to America. From the description of Elizabeth Palmer Peabody letters, 1846-1854. (Pennsylvania State University Libra...

Pickman, Love Rawlins, b. 1809.

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Gardner, Sally Faye

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Guild, Eliza L.

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Hawthorne, Sophia Peabody, 1809?-1871

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Wife of American author Nathaniel Hawthorne. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to Ellen Sturgis Hooper, 1843 Dec. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270870979 Sophia Hawthorne Peabody was a painter and illustrator as well as the wife of American author Nathaniel Hawthorne. She also published her journals and various articles. From the description of Sophia Peabody Hawthorne letters, 1827, 1868. (Middlebury College). WorldCat record id: 654...