Elizabeth Coombs Adams commonplace-books, 1828-1898; bulk: 1828-1845.

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Elizabeth Coombs Adams commonplace-books, 1828-1898; bulk: 1828-1845.

Commonplace-book kept by Elizabeth Coombs Adams, 1828-45, includes poems by Felicia Dorothea Brown Hemans and Lydia Howard Sigourney, among others; copies of letters from her sister Abigail Smith Adams; drawings by her brother Thomas Boylston Adams; song lyrics; clippings; and quotes.

1 narrow box.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7778583

Massachusetts Historical Society

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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...

Adams, Thomas Boylston, Jr., 1809-1837

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Hemans, Felicia Dorothea Brown, 1793-1835.

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Adams, Elizabeth Coombs, 1808-1903.

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Adams, Abigail Smith, 1806-1845.

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