Caroline Wells Healey Dall letters and autograph [manuscript], 1867 and 1875.

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Caroline Wells Healey Dall letters and autograph [manuscript], 1867 and 1875.

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In a letter to Maria Mitchell, 1867 Jun 1, Dall discusses sending a copy of her new book and being unable to afford to send copies to all of her Vassar friends. She hopes that Mitchell will show her copy to some of them. In a letter, 1875 Dec 29, possibly written to philosopher and historian John Fiske, Dall discusses in detail the origin of her middle name, Wells, and dropping it when she married. She briefly comments upon Fiske's beautiful autograph. The collection also contains an undated autograph, cut from a letter written on graph paper.

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University of Virginia. Library

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Mitchell, Maria, 1818-1889

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Maria Mitchell, astronomer, was born on the island of Nantucket in 1818. Through her father, William Mitchell, she became interested in astronomy and assisted him in his observatory. In the late 1830s she was appointed librarian at the Nantucket Athenaeum, using its collection to educate herself while she worked with her father in the evenings. In 1847 she discovered a new comet, named for her, and was subsequently awarded a gold medal by the King of Denmark. A year later she became the first wo...

Dall, Caroline Healey, 1822-1912

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Caroline Wells Healey Dall (June 22, 1822 – December 17, 1912) was an American feminist writer, transcendentalist, and reformer. She was affiliated with the National Women's Rights Convention, the New England Women's Club, and the American Social Science Association. Her associates included Elizabeth Peabody and Margaret Fuller, as well as members of the Transcendentalist movement in Boston. Caroline Healey was born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts, daughter of Mark Healey, a merchant and ...

Fiske, John, 1842-1901

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Historian, philosopher, and librarian. Name originally Edmund Fiske Green; at age thirteen, took name of maternal great-grandfather, John Fiske. From the description of John Fiske papers, 1867-1896. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 163614392 Philosopher, historian, librarian. From the description of Papers of John Fiske [manuscript], 1872-1900. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647805107 John Fiske was a American author, best known for popular ...