Box 2
Contains 81 Results:
Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894. A.N.S to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; [Boston], 8 November 1882
Sending address of Mrs. James T. Fields and telling how much she liked his poem in The Century. 1 s. (1 p.) Old folder #: 130.
Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894. A.N.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Newtonville, Mass., 30 April [ca. 1855–1894]
Returning a ticket and telling him how glad she was to have gone to the symphony with him. 1 s. (1 p.) Old folder #: 131.
Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Boston, 21 October 1882
Telling that while she agrees with him about Oscar Wilde from the literary point of view, she feels that to insult and flout him while he was a guest in American was mean and base. 1 s. (2 p.); envelope Old folder #: 132.
Todd, Mabel Loomis, 1856-1932. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Amherst, Mass., 17 November 1890
Speaking of the first volume of Emily Dickinson's poems and of the large number still to be published, etc. 1 s. (4 p.) Old folder #: 133.
Morrill, Sarah C. Town, N.W. Draft of a petition against marriage laws; [n.p.], [ca. 1848–1909]
A petition of protest against husbands having complete control over their wives in marriage, etc. 1 s. (2 p.) Old folder #: 134.
Great Britain. Sovereign, 1837-1901. Ms.D.S.; London, 21 January 1870
George Melish has been given royal license and permission to plead on behalf of William Weldon Champreys. Stamped with Victoria's seal. Old folder #: 135.
Ward, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, 1844-1911. A.N.S. to Colonel and Mrs. Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Andover, Mass., 24 February 1868
Thanking them for their encouragement, etc. 1 s. (2 p.) Old folder #: 136.
Ward, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, 1844-1911. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Andover, Massachusetts, 8 December 1868
Regarding contributions to Mrs. Dodge's magazine, and saying that her early training had not been gloomy. 1 s. (3 p.) Old folder #: 137.
Ward, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, 1844-1911. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Newton Highlands, Mass., 22 December 1892
Resigning from the Authors Club and giving her reasons for doing so. 1 s. (4 p.) Old folder #: 138.
Ward, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, 1844-1911. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Newton Centre, 1 December 1893
Very pleased with his "Twelfth of January"; inviting him to come out and visit their new home. 1 s. (3 p.) Old folder #: 139.
Ward, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, 1844-1911. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Newton Centre; Mass., 11 January 1897
Thanking him for a sonnet and urging him not to work at night for fear of insomnia, telling of her trouble with it; criticizing his tendency to argue too much on both sides of a question, etc. 1 s. (4 p.) Old folder #: 140.
Ward, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, 1844-1911. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Newton Centre, Mass., 4 May 1897
Thanking him for a book on birds; regretting that she knows so little of them, etc. 1 s. (3 p.) Old folder #: 141.
Wells, Kate Gannett, 1838-1911. A.N.S. to Mrs. [ ] Talbot; New York, [ca. 1860–1909]
Pleasantly surprised that he invited her to speak at the Club, but she cannot. 1 s. (2 p.) Old folder #: 142.
White, Eliza Orne, 1856-1947. Ms.N.s. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Brookline, Mass., 7 November [ca. 1888–1909]
Expressing her delight in a meeting she had attended the day before; sending "After Noontide", a collection of verse and prose made by her mother. 1 s. (2 p.) Old folder #: 143.
Whitney, Anne, 1821-1915. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Belmont, Mass., 1 January 1865
Telling him that a statue of hers had been packed and that when it was again in her studio she would change the nose as he had suggested. Speaking of the outcome of the war and the period of reconstruction. 1 s. (4 p.); envelope Old folder #: 144.
Whitney, Anne, 1821-1915. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Belmont, Massachusetts, 1 December 1864
Telling him her intention in making a statue of a typical negro, explaining her limitations, justifying her result and asking criticism. 2 s. (6 p.) Old folder #: 145.
Wilcox, Ella Wheeler, 1850-1919. A.L.S. to [ ]; Short Beach, Conn., [ca. 1870–1909]
1 s. (4 p.) Old folder #: 146.
Wilcox, Ella Wheeler, 1850-1919. A.N.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; New York, 22 December 1896
Thanking him for a contribution to a friend for Mr. Boyd, and telling of his circumstances. 1 s. (2 p.) Old folder #: 147.
Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins, 1852-1930. T.N.S. to Miss [ ] Winslow; Randolph, Mass., 25 January 1900
She is honored by her election as member of the committee, but she must refuse so she can work on her novel. 1 s. (1 p.) Old folder #: 148.
Woods, Kate Tannatt, 1838-1910. A.L.S. to Annie (Adams) Fields; [Boston?], April 1883
Has been talking and planning ways and means concerning an Authors Club in Boston. 1 s. (3 p.) Old folder #: 149.
