Letters, 1860-1879.

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Letters, 1860-1879.

Letters from Whittier to Harriet McEwen Kimball, a poet, of Portsmouth, N.H., about her poetry.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8045746

Portsmouth Athenaeum Library & Museum

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Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892

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John Greenleaf Whittier was a wildly popular New England poet. A deeply committed and active abolitionist, he wrote many of his poems with a political agenda, although distinguished by an open-minded tolerance so often lacking in his fellow abolitionists. Although his works are somewhat marred by overtly political and overly sentimental works, the core of his output stands as fine, lyrical American verse. From the description of John Greenleaf Whittier letters, 1858 and 1876. (Pennsy...

Kimball, Harriet McEwen, 1834-1917

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New Hampshire poet and hymn writer. From the description of Harriet McEwan Kimball letter to Mr. Butterworth [manuscript], undated. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 174964519 ...