Letter : Somerville, Mass., to Rev. Charles Lowell, Cambridge, Mass., 1848 July 6.

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Letter : Somerville, Mass., to Rev. Charles Lowell, Cambridge, Mass., 1848 July 6.

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Writing to "my dear friend," Lee thanks Lowell for his recollections of her father and brother, Lowell's Harvard classmate, Joseph Stevens Buckminster. Most of the letter concerns a romantic disappointment in the life of her father, Joseph Buckminster. Buckminster had been engaged to marry Elizabeth Whitman, who ended the relationship because of her preference for Pierpont Edwards. Unmarried, she delivers Edwards' child in a roadside inn and then kills herself, the story forming the basis for Hannah Foster's novel, The Coquette. Lee writes: "I am aware that the 'Coquette' was founded upon the incidents which my father was connected. I believe it has been more read than any other American novel..."

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Lowell, Charles, 1782-1861

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Charles Lowell (1782-1861) was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and graduated from Harvard College in 1800. After studying law for a year he decided to pursue a career in ministry, and he traveled to Edinburgh, Scotland, where he studied for the ministry until 1805. He then returned to the United States, and in 1806 was ordained as minister and pastor at the West Church in Boston . He married Harriet Spence in 1806, and the couple had six children, two of whom - Robert Trail Spence and James Russe...

Buckminster, Joseph, 1751-1812

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Congregational clergyman in Portsmouth, N.H. From the description of Joseph Buckminster sermon, 1797 July 11. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 173609868 Reverend Joseph Buckminster was born in Rutland, Massachusetts, in October 1751. Buckminster descended from ministers on both sides of his family, and entered Yale College at the age of 15. After receiving his bachelor's degree in 1770, Buckminster remained at Yale for further study, after which he mov...

Buckminster, J. S. (Joseph Stevens), 1784-1812

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Foster, Hannah Webster, 1759-1840

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Lee, Eliza Buckminster, 1794-1864

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Eliza Buckminster Lee was born in New Hampshire and gained a classical education and appreciation for literature from her father, Rev. Joseph Buckminster. She lived most of her life in the Boston area, achieving success as both a writer and translator. From the description of Eliza Buckminster Lee letter to James Munroe & Co., 1846 Jan. 14. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 51262672 American author. From the description of Letter ...