Lydia Maria Child collection, 1857-1878.

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Lydia Maria Child collection, 1857-1878.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63051733

Consists of material related to Child: photographs, correspondence, a poem addressed to John Greenleaf Whittier, and manuscript notes on Washington Allston.

.20 linear ft. (1 half-size archival box)

Princeton University Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7882964

Princeton University Library

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Child, Lydia Maria, 1802-1880

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Lydia Maria Child was born Lydia Maria Francis in Medford, Massachusetts on February 11, 1802. She was born into an abolitionist family and was greatly influenced by her brother, Convers, who would later become a Unitarian Clergyman. After the death of her mother in 1814, Child moved to Maine to live with her sister and began teaching in Gardiner in 1819. While living in Maine, Child became increasingly interested in Native Americans and visited many nearby settlements. Child began actively writ...

Child family.

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