Correspondence, 1878-1893.

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Correspondence, 1878-1893.

Ten letters (1878-1879) to Rose and Horace Lamb from artist William Morris Hunt, written from Niagara Falls and Isles of Shoals (Me. and N.H.), relating to Celia and Levi Thaxter and others, the weather, flowers, and painting; seven letters (1888-1893) from Celia Thaxter at Isles of Shoals and Portsmouth, N.H., to Rose Lamb in Boston, writing about her poem Petition and cyanotypes being sent; and two poems about Celia Thaxter written by Sarah Orne Jewett and Annie Fields (newspaper clipping).

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Portsmouth Athenaeum Library & Museum

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Lamb, Horace

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Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894

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American poet and water-colorist. From the description of Letters, 1872-1894. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 233101484 Celia Laighton Thaxter was an American poet and essayist who lived much of her life in the Isles of Shoals, at first on White Island and later in a large cottage her brothers built for their parents on the island of Appledore, in which she eventually died. The family ran a hotel, Appledore House, which, along with Celia's cottage, burned...

Jewett, Sarah Orne, 1849-1909

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Sarah Orne Jewett was one of America's foremost regional writers. She produced novels, stories, and sketches, generally concerned with the lives and traditions of women in the rural areas of coastal New England. Her gentle, well-observed, respectful style transcends the limitations of genre and continue to make her work relevant. From the description of Sarah Orne Jewett letter to Loulie, ca. 1890. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 54429003 ...

Fields, Annie, 1834-1915

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Annie Adams Fields was an author and charity worker, the wife of the Boston publisher James T. Fields. From the description of Papers pertaining to the estate of Annie Adams Fields, 1846-1935. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 86143813 From the guide to the Papers pertaining to the estate of Annie Adams Fields, 1846-1935., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Eighteen letters written by Annie Adams Fields between the years 1882 and...

Thaxter, Levi

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Levi Lincoln Thaxter, son of Levi Lincoln and Nabby Howe Thaxter, was born in Watertown, Ma. 1821. Thaxter spent a lot of time away from home, travelling with two of his sons and pursuing interests in botany and ornithology. His wife was the celebrated poet Celia Thaxter. From the description of Papers of Levi Lincoln Thaxter, 1860-1875 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 175317085 ...

Lamb, Rose Joyce

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American artist, of Boston, Mass.; friend of poet Celia Thaxter; b. 1843; d. 1927. From the description of Correspondence, 1878-1893. (Portsmouth Athenaeum Library & Museum). WorldCat record id: 70976520 Rose Lamb (1843-1927) was a portrait painter, Boston, Mass. Around 1876, Lamb began studying with William Morris Hunt and became a highly regarded student of his. Her specialty was children, but gave up painting around 1900 due to illness. Aunt o...

Hunt, William Morris, 1824-1879

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William Morris Hunt (1824-1879) was a painter, portrait painter, and instructor from Boston, Mass. From the description of William Morris Hunt photographs and catalogs, ca. 1878-1880. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122333561 William Morris Hunt (1824-1879) was a painter and instructor from Boston, Mass. Hunt drowned in the Isle of Shoals, N.H., possibly a suicide. From the description of William Morris Hunt letters and photographs, [ca. 1...