Frances Elizabeth Appleton Longfellow papers, 1825-1961.

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Frances Elizabeth Appleton Longfellow papers, 1825-1961.

Includes sketchbooks she made as a teenager on trips across the U.S. and Europe; diaries detailing her educational philosophy when raising her children; and letters documenting her interaction with intellectuals of the day, including Julia Ward Howe and Charles Sumner.

4 linear ft.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8062409

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Howe, Julia Ward, 1819-1910

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Julia Ward Howe, née Julia Ward, (born May 27, 1819, New York, New York, U.S.—died October 17, 1910, Newport, Rhode Island), American author and lecturer best known for her “Battle Hymn of the Republic.” Julia Ward came of a well-to-do family and was educated privately. In 1843 she married educator Samuel Gridley Howe and took up residence in Boston. Always of a literary bent, she published her first volume of poetry, Passion Flowers, in 1854; this and subsequent works—including a poetry collec...

Longfellow, Fanny Appleton, 1817-1861

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Art collector; commentator on 19th century Boston literary culture; wife of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; b. in Boston. From the description of Frances Elizabeth Appleton Longfellow papers, 1825-1961. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70973654 Wife of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. From the description of Frances Elizabeth Appleton Longfellow papers, 1825-1961 (bulk 1832-1861). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70976323 ...

Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874

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Massachusetts lawyer and U.S. Senator, 1851-1874. He was an ardent abolitionist who attacked the south in his "crime against Kansas" speech in 1856. Two days later he was assaulted in the Senate, receiving injuries that took him years to recover from. From the description of Letters, 1858-1869. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 55768315 Born in Boston, Mass., the U.S. statesman Charles Sumner studied law at Harvard and practiced law in his native ci...