Letter from Lydia Maria Child, New York, to John Sullivan Dwight, Dec. 1st, 1842

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Lydia Maria Child, New York, to John Sullivan Dwight, Dec. 1st, 1842
Addressee:
Dwight, John Sullivan, 1813-1893
Author:
Child, Lydia Maria, 1802-1880
Date:
December 1, 1842
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Women abolitionists--Massachusetts--Boston--19th century--Correspondence
Antislavery movements--United States
Women abolitionists--United States
Dwight, John Sullivan, 1813-1893
Child, Lydia Maria, 1802-1880
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 10 x 8 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/wm118h75x
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
New York
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Child begs admission to the Brook Farm community for Caroline (Henshaw) Colt, the widow of John C. Colt, and her child. Describes her as an "ignorant, worthy, affectionate German girl," and outlines the circumstances of her marriage to Colt.
See George Willis Cooke's book, John Sullivan Dwight : brook-farmer, editor, and critic of music : a biography; (1898). On page 76, there is a reference to Mrs. Colt in a letter from Dwight to Mrs. Child, Dec. 25, 1843.
Identifier:
3132180
Call #:
MS E.4.1 no.40
Barcode:
39999063212847
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