Holograph note signed with a manuscript fair copy of a poem, dated April 4, 1832, Hartford, to “To the Editor of the Keepsake.”
The note and poem are written, as usual, in Sigourney's fine, neat hand.
The note and poem are written, as usual, in Sigourney's fine, neat hand.
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1890. First edition. BAL 14664. ¶ A collection of over 100 poems, lyrics and sonnets by Louise Chandler Moulton (1835-1908), the prolific and influential writer who was at the center of the post-Civil War New England literary scene. See Wikipedia for an excellent brief biography.
New York: D. Appleton, 1877. First edition. BAL 23455. ¶ The third book by Constance Fenimore Woolson (1840-1894), a long poem contrasting a maiden and a lady, with obvious references to the pitfalls of marriage and the plight of unmarried women. Two Women was originally serialized in two issues of.....
Hartford: Seldon & Goodwin, Printers, 1815. First edition. BAL 17615; American Bibliography 35937; Stoddard & Whitesell 1111. The uncommon first book by Lydia Huntley Sigourney (1791-1865), a substantial collection of poems and short essays which foreshadowed her career as one of the most popular and prolific American literary women of.....