Correspondence pertaining to Sarah Josepha Hale's authorship of Mary had a little lamb, 1889-1931.

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Correspondence pertaining to Sarah Josepha Hale's authorship of Mary had a little lamb, 1889-1931.

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In an 1889 letter Mary E. Tyler writes to Judge W.E. Ambler about a childhood playmate, declines the offer of a lamb picture, and refuses to send a photograph of herself. In a series of eight letters, 1930-1931, Carroll A. Wilson, Richard W. Hale, and Ruth E. Finley discuss Sarah Josepha Hale as the true author of "Mary's little lamb" and the disputed claim by Mary E. Tyler.

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Hale, Sarah Josepha Buell, 1788-1879

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Sarah Josepha Hale, née Sarah Josepha Buell, (born Oct. 24, 1788, Newport, N.H., U.S.—died April 30, 1879, Philadelphia, Pa.), American writer who, as the first female editor of a magazine, shaped many of the attitudes and thoughts of women of her period. Sarah Josepha Buell married David Hale in 1813, and with him she had five children. Left in financial straits by her husband’s death in 1822, she embarked on a literary career. Her poems were printed over the signature Cornelia in local journal...

Wilson, Carroll A. (Carroll Atwood), 1886-1947

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Tyler, Mary Elizabeth Sawyer, 1806-1889

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Ambler, W. E., fl. 1889,

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Hale, Richard Walden, 1871-1943

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Author and historian. From the description of Papers of Richard Walden Hale, 1938-1941. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83212270 ...

Finley, Ruth E. (Ruth Ebright), 1884-1955

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