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.
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In the Garden of Dreams: Lyrics and Sonnets.
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.
Two Women: 1862. A Poem.
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.....
Moral Pieces in Prose and Verse.
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.....
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