Esther H. Thompson notebook, circa 1875-1895.

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Esther H. Thompson notebook, circa 1875-1895.

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The Esther H. Thompson notebook contains many hand copied poems, as well as verses clipped from newspapers. It was created between the years 1875 and 1895 by Esther H. Thompson of Litchfield, Connecticut. Most of the poems are not original works, but copies of poems such as "At Last" by John Greenleaf Whittier, "Catching the Colt" by Marian Douglass, and "The Beautiful Snow" by Joseph Warren Watson. Written on the inside cover of the notebook is "Esther H. Thompson Litchfield, Conn." as well as "Wilbraham, Mass." As a young woman Esther attended Wesleyan Academy in Wilbraham.

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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...

Douglass, Marian

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Thompson, Esther H., 1853-1929

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Esther H. Thompson was born March 3, 1853. She was the daughter of George and Harriett Thompson of Litchfield, Connecticut. As a young woman Esther attended Wesleyan Academy in Wilbraham, Mass., and completed the regular course of study in 1876. Esther then returned to her family home in Litchfield and began teaching. By 1882 she had become the principal of the Connecticut Industrial School for Girls in Middletown, Conn. (a private institution established in 1869 for delinquent girls). After ser...

Watson, Joseph Warren

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