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Contains 74 Results:

Agassiz, Elizabeth Cabot Cary, 1822-1907. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Cambridge, 9 December 1893

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Call Number: MS P.91.37
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Thanking him for his sympathy for and approval of Radcliffe; discussing its probable future relation to Harvard. 1 s. (4 p.) Old Folder #: 2 & 3

Dates: 9 December 1893

Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888. Signature., [ca. 1885–1888]

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Call Number: MS P.91.37
Scope and Contents

Old Folder #: 2&3

Dates: [ca. 1885–1888]

Amberley, Katharine Louisa Stanley Russell, viscountess, 1842-1874  A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Philadelphia, 25 November 1867

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Call Number: MS P.91.37
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Thanking him for his gift of "The Harvard Memorials"; recalling with pleasure the weeks she and Lord Amberley had spent near Boston, etc. 1 s. (4 p.) Old folder #: same.

Dates: 25 November 1867

Amberley, Katharine Louisa Stanley Russell, viscountess, 1842-1874. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Chepstown, England, 16 May 1872

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Call Number: MS P.91.37
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Saying that she has sent letters of introduction to his bankers, etc. 1 s. (3 p.) Old folder #: same.

Dates: 16 May 1872

Anthony, Susan B. (Susan Brownell), 1820-1906.  A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; New York, 20 May 1868

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Call Number: MS P.91.37
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Describing a meeting at which Lucy Stone had spoken and during which charges had been publicly brought against Miss Anthony 1 s. (4 p.) Old folder #: same.

Dates: 20 May 1868

Arnold, Fannie Maria Adelaide (  ) lady. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; [London], [ca. 1879–1889]

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Call Number: MS P.91.37
Scope and Contents

Thanking him for his note regarding Edwin Arnold's "Light of Asia" and describing the conditions under which it was written. 1 s. (4 p.) Old number: same.

Dates: [ca. 1879–1889]

Bell, Helen Olcott Choate, 1830-1918. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; [Boston], [April 9, 1909?]

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Call Number: MS P.91.37
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Asking him to tell her the meaning of "Hamatreya," the name of a poem by Emerson. 1 s. (3 p.) Old folder #: same.

Dates: [April 9, 1909?]

Bell, Helen Olcott Choate, 1830-1918. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; [Boston], [ca. 1859–1909]

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Call Number: MS P.91.37
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Thanking him in her own and sister's name for his sympathetic portrait of her father. 1 s. (3 p.) Old folder #: same.

Dates: [ca. 1859–1909]

Bell, Helen Olcott Choate, 1830-1918. A.N.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; [Boston], [ca. 1859–1911]

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Call Number: MS P.91.37
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Declining an invitation and regretting that she has nothing but an autograph of her father. 1 s. (2 p.); envelope Old folder #: same.

Dates: [ca. 1859–1911]

Blanc, Marie Therese (de Solms) 1840-1907. A.N.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; [n.p.], 2 December [ca. 1848–1907]

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 11
Call Number: MS P.91.37
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1 s. (3 p.) Old folder #: same.

Dates: 2 December [ca. 1848–1907]

Bodichon, Barbara Leigh Smith, 1827-1891. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; [London], 13 July 1879

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 12
Call Number: MS P.91.37
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Expressing her great appreciation and reverence for him; plans to send him a parcel of letters she wrote pre-abolition for him to keep or publish in his newspaper. 1 s. (4 p.) Old number: same.

Dates: 13 July 1879

Brown, Alice, 1857-1948. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Boston, [ca. 1877–1909]

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 13
Call Number: MS P.91.37
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Thanking him for a service done and asking that she may have the opportunity of repaying it. 1 s. (4 p.) Old folder #: same.

Dates: [ca. 1877–1909]

Brown, Kate Louise, 1857- . A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Camden, ME., 27 July 1898

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 14
Call Number: MS P.91.37
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Asking permission to include his poem "The Soul of a Butterfly" in a book for children which she is about to publish. 1 s. (3 p.) Old folder #: same.

Dates: 27 July 1898

Burr, Anna Robeson Brown, 1873-1941. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Philadelphia, [ca. 1895–1909]

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 15
Call Number: MS P.91.37
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Thanking him for his appreciation of her book. 1 s. (2 p.) Old folder #: same.

Dates: [ca. 1895–1909]

Cheney, Ednah Dow, 1824-1904  A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Jamaica Plain, Mass., 23 December 1894

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 16
Call Number: MS P.91.37
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Regretting her inability to pay her respects to him [on his birthday?] in person; sending an appreciation of his life and friendship. 1 s. (4 p.) Old folder #: same.

Dates: 23 December 1894

Child, Lydia Maria, 1802-1880. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Wayland, Mass., 26 March 1866

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 17
Call Number: MS P.91.37
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In answer to a letter of his regarding an article in the Commonwealth about General Charles Devens's treatment of the freedmen in South Carolina. 1 s. (4 p.) Old folder #: same.

Dates: 26 March 1866

Child, Lydia Maria, 1802-1880. A.N.S. to Miss [  ] Stevenson; Wayland, Mass., 11 February 1867

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 18
Call Number: MS P.91.37
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It is her 85th birthday and she has a habit of making donations on birthdays, therefore she enclosed $100. 1 s. (1 p.) "Copy." Old folder #: same.

Dates: 11 February 1867

Child, Lydia Maria, 1802-1880. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Wayland, Mass., 21 February 1871

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 19
Call Number: MS P.91.37
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Thanking him for his pamphlet on "The Sympathy of Religion"; telling him that she has never had the courage to read his biography of her; and asking him if he would like to have her leave her letters to him as a legacy. 1 s. (4 p.) Old folder #: same.

Dates: 21 February 1871

Child, Lydia Maria, 1802-1880. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Wayland, Mass., 20 June 1877

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 20
Call Number: MS P.91.37
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Stating that she is much interested in spiritualism and would like to investigate it as scientifically and impartially as possible; asking if he knows of a reliable medium in or near Boston. 1 s. (4 p.) Old folder #: same.

Dates: 20 June 1877

Child, Lydia Maria, 1802-1880. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Wayland, Mass., 24 June 1877

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 21
Call Number: MS P.91.37
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Regretting that she had evidently failed to recognise him at a meeting; mentioning several mutual friends; thanking him for his editorial of June 23 in the Woman's Journal; and referring to spiritualism and phenomena which have occurred to her. 1 s. (4 p.) Old folder #: same.

Dates: 24 June 1877