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Abigail Adams Correspondence
Collection — Container: MS Am. 229
Call Number: MS Am. 229
Scope and Contents
Of the 22 letters in this collection, 20 are addressed to John Thaxter in which Abigail Adams writes about the war-time economy, the changing attitudes of American women, and the importance of public service. Other subjects include her management of the family farm, her husband’s absence, and her impressions of people such as General Burgoyne and events such as the siege of Newport.
Dates:
1770-1785; Other: Date acquired: 05/18/1944
Joseph W. Robertson Correspondence, 1862-1865
Collection — Container: MS 7095
Call Number: MS 7095
Scope and Contents
This collection of eighteen letters written between July 1862 and November 1865 document Joseph W. Robertson’s experiences in Union-occupied Beaufort, South Carolina and Richmond, Virginia. The letters detail Robertson’s difficulties with being separated from his family by war. The collection contains eleven letters from Robertson to his wife Phebe, three letters from Robertson to his unnamed sister, and four letters from Phebe to Robertson. The correspondence describes daily life in the...
Dates:
Majority of material found in 1862-1865; Other: Date acquired: 04/00/2012
Celia Thaxter correspondence with Annie Fields
Collection — Container: MS C.1.38
Call Number: MS C.1.38
Scope and Contents
This collection contains 269 letters written by Celia Thaxter (1835-1894) between 1869 and 1893. The majority of the letters are addressed to American writer Annie Fields (1834-1915) and document Thaxter’s daily life: writing and other artistic endeavors, gardening, book discussions, family troubles and successes, domestic life and her experiences with Spiritualism. She often included descriptions of nature in her letters and was well-known for her descriptions of the Isle of Shoals, first...
Dates:
1869-1893
