Box 1
Contains 74 Results:
Agassiz, Elizabeth Cabot Cary, 1822-1907. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Cambridge, 9 December 1893
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
Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888. Signature., [ca. 1885–1888]
Old Folder #: 2&3
Amberley, Katharine Louisa Stanley Russell, viscountess, 1842-1874 A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Philadelphia, 25 November 1867
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.
Amberley, Katharine Louisa Stanley Russell, viscountess, 1842-1874. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Chepstown, England, 16 May 1872
Saying that she has sent letters of introduction to his bankers, etc. 1 s. (3 p.) Old folder #: same.
Anthony, Susan B. (Susan Brownell), 1820-1906. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; New York, 20 May 1868
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.
Arnold, Fannie Maria Adelaide ( ) lady. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; [London], [ca. 1879–1889]
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.
Bell, Helen Olcott Choate, 1830-1918. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; [Boston], [April 9, 1909?]
Asking him to tell her the meaning of "Hamatreya," the name of a poem by Emerson. 1 s. (3 p.) Old folder #: same.
Bell, Helen Olcott Choate, 1830-1918. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; [Boston], [ca. 1859–1909]
Thanking him in her own and sister's name for his sympathetic portrait of her father. 1 s. (3 p.) Old folder #: same.
Bell, Helen Olcott Choate, 1830-1918. A.N.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; [Boston], [ca. 1859–1911]
Declining an invitation and regretting that she has nothing but an autograph of her father. 1 s. (2 p.); envelope Old folder #: same.
Blanc, Marie Therese (de Solms) 1840-1907. A.N.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; [n.p.], 2 December [ca. 1848–1907]
1 s. (3 p.) Old folder #: same.
Bodichon, Barbara Leigh Smith, 1827-1891. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; [London], 13 July 1879
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.
Brown, Alice, 1857-1948. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Boston, [ca. 1877–1909]
Thanking him for a service done and asking that she may have the opportunity of repaying it. 1 s. (4 p.) Old folder #: same.
Brown, Kate Louise, 1857- . A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Camden, ME., 27 July 1898
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.
Burr, Anna Robeson Brown, 1873-1941. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Philadelphia, [ca. 1895–1909]
Thanking him for his appreciation of her book. 1 s. (2 p.) Old folder #: same.
Cheney, Ednah Dow, 1824-1904 A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Jamaica Plain, Mass., 23 December 1894
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.
Child, Lydia Maria, 1802-1880. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Wayland, Mass., 26 March 1866
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.
Child, Lydia Maria, 1802-1880. A.N.S. to Miss [ ] Stevenson; Wayland, Mass., 11 February 1867
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.
Child, Lydia Maria, 1802-1880. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Wayland, Mass., 21 February 1871
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.
Child, Lydia Maria, 1802-1880. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Wayland, Mass., 20 June 1877
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.
Child, Lydia Maria, 1802-1880. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Wayland, Mass., 24 June 1877
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.