Lydia Maria Child autograph letter signed to John Sullivan Dwight, New York, December 1, 1842

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Item Information

Title:
Lydia Maria Child autograph letter signed to John Sullivan Dwight, New York, December 1, 1842
Description:
Child asks about sending a recent widow, Caroline Henshaw Colt, to Brook Farm. (She was not admitted.) Quoted, with details about Mrs. Colt, in The Idyll of Brook Farm, p. 22-25.
Addressee:
Dwight, John Sullivan, 1813-1893
Author:
Child, Lydia Maria, 1802-1880
Name on Item:
L. M. Child
Date:
December 1, 1842
Format:
Manuscripts
Letters/Correspondence
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
MS E.4.1 (shelf locator)
Collection (local):
John Sullivan Dwight correspondence regarding Brook Farm, 1840-1848
Subjects:
Brook Farm Phalanx (West Roxbury, Boston, Mass.)
Places:
New York > New York
Extent:
1 sheet (4 p.)
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/cz30q098m
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Language:
English
Notes:
Title supplied by cataloger.
Notes (date):
Date from item.
Notes (publications):
Letter quoted in: Haraszti, Zoltàn. "The Idyll of Brook Farm as Revealed by Unpublished Letters in the Boston Public Library." Trustees of the Boston Public Library, 1937, Boston.
Call #:
MS E.4.1 no. 40
Barcode:
39999085841391
39999063212847