Poems, [1834].

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Poems, [1834].

Unsigned album of poems, ca. 1834, once belonging to Mrs. Harriet Randall Mills and containing copies of miscellaneous poems, many of them on moral or religious subjects, by Thomas Pringle, Felicia Hemans, Amelia Opie, Hannah More, Lydia H. Sigourney, William Cullen Bryant, et al. Includes index.

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Sigourney, Lydia Howard, 1791-1865

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Lydia Huntley Sigourney (born September 1, 1791, Norwich, Connecticut–died June 10, 1865, Hartford, Connecticut), poet, also known as the “Sweet Singer of Hartford", was the only daughter of a gardener. She attended private school with the assistance of her father’s employer, and founded a Hartford school for girls in 1814. At this school, without any specialized training, Sigourney taught a deaf student, Alice Cogswell, to read and write in English. Cogswell would later be the first student enr...

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Mills, Harriet Randall.

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Wife of John Mills. From the description of Poems, [1834]. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58773896 ...

More, Hannah, 1745-1833

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Opie, Amelia, 1769-1853

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Pringle, Thomas, 1789-1834

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Epithet: Captain; ADC to Lieutenant -General Townshend British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000706.0x0000c1 Epithet: Major British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000706.0x0000c2 Thomas Pringle, Scottish poet, was educated at Edinburgh University and became editor of the Edinburgh monthly magazine in 1817. He spent six years as government ...

Hemans, Mrs., 1793-1835

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Felicia Hemans was one of the first successful female English career poets. For a brief time, she was the most popular and acclaimed poet writing in England. Mrs. Hemans embodies a significant transition in English poetry from Romantic lyricism to the moral and patriotic themes prevalent in the Victorian era. From the description of Felicia Hemans letters and poems, 1825, n.d. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 50039596 Felicia Dorothea Browne Hem...