Thomas Wentworth Higginson Correspondence, 1848-1909 | Boston Public Library Archival and Manuscript Finding Aid Database

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Box 1

Folder 2: Agassiz, Elizabeth Cabot Cary, 1822-1907. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Cambridge, 9 December 1893

Thanking him for his sympathy for and approval of Radcliffe; discussing its probable future relation to Harvard. 1 s. (4 p.) Old Folder #: 2 & 3

Folder 3: Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888. Signature., [ca. 1885–1888]

Old Folder #: 2&3

Folder 4: Amberley, Katharine Louisa Stanley Russell, viscountess, 1842-1874  A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Philadelphia, 25 November 1867

Thanking him for his gift of "The Harvard Memorials"; recalling with pleasure the weeks she and Lord Amberley had spent near Boston, etc. 1 s. (4 p.) Old folder #: same.

Folder 5: Amberley, Katharine Louisa Stanley Russell, viscountess, 1842-1874. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Chepstown, England, 16 May 1872

Saying that she has sent letters of introduction to his bankers, etc. 1 s. (3 p.) Old folder #: same.

Folder 6: Anthony, Susan B. (Susan Brownell), 1820-1906.  A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; New York, 20 May 1868

Describing a meeting at which Lucy Stone had spoken and during which charges had been publicly brought against Miss Anthony 1 s. (4 p.) Old folder #: same.

Folder 7: Arnold, Fannie Maria Adelaide (  ) lady. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; [London], [ca. 1879–1889]

Thanking him for his note regarding Edwin Arnold's "Light of Asia" and describing the conditions under which it was written. 1 s. (4 p.) Old number: same.

Folder 8: Bell, Helen Olcott Choate, 1830-1918. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; [Boston], [April 9, 1909?]

Asking him to tell her the meaning of "Hamatreya," the name of a poem by Emerson. 1 s. (3 p.) Old folder #: same.

Folder 9: Bell, Helen Olcott Choate, 1830-1918. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; [Boston], [ca. 1859–1909]

Thanking him in her own and sister's name for his sympathetic portrait of her father. 1 s. (3 p.) Old folder #: same.

Folder 10: Bell, Helen Olcott Choate, 1830-1918. A.N.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; [Boston], [ca. 1859–1911]

Declining an invitation and regretting that she has nothing but an autograph of her father. 1 s. (2 p.); envelope Old folder #: same.

Folder 11: Blanc, Marie Therese (de Solms) 1840-1907. A.N.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; [n.p.], 2 December [ca. 1848–1907]

1 s. (3 p.) Old folder #: same.

Folder 12: Bodichon, Barbara Leigh Smith, 1827-1891. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; [London], 13 July 1879

Expressing her great appreciation and reverence for him; plans to send him a parcel of letters she wrote pre-abolition for him to keep or publish in his newspaper. 1 s. (4 p.) Old number: same.

Folder 13: Brown, Alice, 1857-1948. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Boston, [ca. 1877–1909]

Thanking him for a service done and asking that she may have the opportunity of repaying it. 1 s. (4 p.) Old folder #: same.

Folder 14: Brown, Kate Louise, 1857- . A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Camden, ME., 27 July 1898

Asking permission to include his poem "The Soul of a Butterfly" in a book for children which she is about to publish. 1 s. (3 p.) Old folder #: same.

Folder 15: Burr, Anna Robeson Brown, 1873-1941. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Philadelphia, [ca. 1895–1909]

Thanking him for his appreciation of her book. 1 s. (2 p.) Old folder #: same.

Folder 16: Cheney, Ednah Dow, 1824-1904  A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Jamaica Plain, Mass., 23 December 1894

Regretting her inability to pay her respects to him [on his birthday?] in person; sending an appreciation of his life and friendship. 1 s. (4 p.) Old folder #: same.

Folder 17: Child, Lydia Maria, 1802-1880. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Wayland, Mass., 26 March 1866

In answer to a letter of his regarding an article in the Commonwealth about General Charles Devens's treatment of the freedmen in South Carolina. 1 s. (4 p.) Old folder #: same.

Folder 18: Child, Lydia Maria, 1802-1880. A.N.S. to Miss [   ] Stevenson; Wayland, Mass., 11 February 1867

It is her 85th birthday and she has a habit of making donations on birthdays, therefore she enclosed $100. 1 s. (1 p.) "Copy." Old folder #: same.

Folder 19: Child, Lydia Maria, 1802-1880. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Wayland, Mass., 21 February 1871

Thanking him for his pamphlet on "The Sympathy of Religion"; telling him that she has never had the courage to read his biography of her; and asking him if he would like to have her leave her letters to him as a legacy. 1 s. (4 p.) Old folder #: same.

Folder 20: Child, Lydia Maria, 1802-1880. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Wayland, Mass., 20 June 1877

Stating that she is much interested in spiritualism and would like to investigate it as scientifically and impartially as possible; asking if he knows of a reliable medium in or near Boston. 1 s. (4 p.) Old folder #: same.

Folder 21: Child, Lydia Maria, 1802-1880. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Wayland, Mass., 24 June 1877

Regretting that she had evidently failed to recognise him at a meeting; mentioning several mutual friends; thanking him for his editorial of June 23 in the Woman's Journal; and referring to spiritualism and phenomena which have occurred to her. 1 s. (4 p.) Old folder #: same.

Folder 22: Clarke, Sarah Freeman, 1808-1896. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; [n.p.], [ca. 1848–1896]

Speaking of her remarks on two poets, Ellen and Caroline Sturgis and of Helen Hunt's poems. 1 s. (4 p.) Old folder #: same.

Folder 23: Clemmer, Mary, 1839-1884. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; [n.p.], 15 June 1875

Thanking him for his remarks about a public letter she had written about James G. Blaine, and giving an estimation of Blaine's character. 1 s. (3 p.) Old folder #: same.

Folder 24: Clemmer, Mary, 1839-1884. A.L.S. to Carl Schurz; [n.p.], 12 January 1882

Wants to know the name of the writer who wrote the enclosed notice of his book of verse. 1 s. (2 p.) Old folder #: same.

Folder 25: Cone, Helen Gray, 1859-. A.L.S to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; [New York], 16 February 1891

Thanking him for his praise of her poetry; declining, with appreciation, an invitation. 1 s. (3 p.) Old folder #: same.

Folder 26: Conway, Ellen (Dana), 1833-1897. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Turnham Green, England, 22 December 1880

Declining an invitation due to illness. 1 s. (4 p.) Old folder #: same.

Folder 27: Cooke, Rose Terry, 1827-1892. A.N.S. to [   ]; [n.p.], 14 December 1858

Affirming that she wrote the story "Ann Potter's Lesson" that was published in the Atlantic Monthly. 1 s. (1 p.) Old folder #: same.

Folder 28: Cooke, Rose Terry, 1827-1892. A.N.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Winsted, Conn., 17 November 1880

Thanking him for his appreciation of her poetry and for his encouragement over many years. 1 s. (2 p.) Old folder #: same.

Folder 29: Coolbrith, Ina D. (Ina Donna), 1842?-1928. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; San Francisco, 11 April 1907

Reminding him of an earlier statement that he would like to review her next book; telling of her losses in the San Francisco earthquake and fire and describing the city as it emerges from the ashes. 1 s. (4 p.) Old folder #: same.

Folder 30: Cruger, Julie Grinnell (Storrow), d.1920. A.N.S to [Thomas Wentworth Higginson]; [New York?], [ca. 1848–1909]

Note thanking him for a tribute and denying ever having been at Appledore. 2 s. (4 p.) Old folder #: same.

Folder 31: Curtis, Minnie May. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Raleigh, NC., 10 September 1898

Asking for his permission to use a poem "The Snowing of the Pines" in a compilation of nature verses. 2 s. (8 p.) Old folder #: same.

Folder 32: Cushman, Charlotte, 1816-1876. A.N.S. to [   ]; [London, [ca. 1848–1876]

His request for her signature deserves a much better return than she is now able to now give; she will respond after Thursday. 1 s. (2 p.) Old folder #: same.

Folder 33: Dandridge, Danske, 1858-1914. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Charleston, SC., 23 January 1891

Inviting him to visit them and expressing pleasure in his "Jar of Roses." 1 s. (2 p.) Old folder #: same.

Folder 34: Deland, Margaret, 1857-1945. A.N.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Boston, [ca. 1875–1909]

Inviting him to tea to meet Elisabeth Jordan. 1 s. (2 p.) Old folder #: same.

Folder 35: Deland, Margaret, 1857-1945. A.N.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Boston, 31 January 1909

Thanking him for copying James's appreciation of Mr. Booth. 1 s. (1 p.) Old folder #: same.

Folder 36: Dickinson, Anna E. (Anna Elizabeth), 1842-1932 . A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Philadelphia, 9 March 1870?

Asking Mr. Higginson to secure rooms for four people, presumably in Newport, for herself and family. 1 s. (4 p.) Old folder #: same.

Folder 37: Dickinson, Anna E. (Anna Elizabeth), 1842-1932 . A.N.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; [n.p.], 17 March 1870

Thanking him for his kindness in securing rooms for her family and hoping that she may see him when she is in Newport. 1 s. (2 p.) Old folder #: same.

Folder 38: Dix, Beulah Marie, 1876-1970. A.N. (3rd person) to [Thomas Wentworth Higginson?]; Columbia Falls, ME., 7 August 1905

Wishes to call the attention of the Chairman of the Nominating Committee to the fact that she--not Miss Brown--is the third member of said committee. 1 s. (1 p.) Old folder #: same.

Folder 39: Dodge, Mary Abigail, 1833-1896. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Hamilton, Mass., 21 November 1866

Disclaiming a relationship to a G. S. Dodge, etc. 1 s. (2 p.) Old folder #: same.

Folder 40: Dodge, Mary Abigail, 1833-1896. A.N.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Hamilton, Mass., 12 February 1869

Asking the terms of Mr. Higginson's contracts with his publishers and whether a change was made in 1864. 1 s. (2 p.) Old folder #: same.

Folder 41: Elliott, Maud (Howe), 1854-1948. A.N.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; [Boston], 18 January [ca. 1875–1909]

An invitation to dine to meet some friends. 1 s. (4 p.) Old folder #: same.

Folder 42: Emerson, Ellen Tucker. A.N.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Milton, Mass., 5 May 1904

Thanking him for his "Life of Mr. Cabot" and expressing pleasure in it. 1 s. (2 p.) Old folder #: same.

Folder 43: Faithfull, Emily, 1836?-1895. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Peterboro, N.H., 27 December 1872

Sending a letter of introduction and asking him for a welcome when she comes to Boston. 1 s. (3 p.) Old folder #: same.

Folder 43a: Faithfull, Emily, 1836?-1895. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; [Peterboro, N.H.], 8 April 1880

Sending an appreciation of his defense of women in the Woman's Journal of March 27. 1 s. (2 p.) Old folder #: 43.

Folder 44: Fawcett, Millicent Garrett, Dame, 1847-1929. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth HIgginson; London, 1 June 1888

Asking for confidential information regarding an International Council of Women, which has made the writer president. 1 s. (4 p.); envelope Old folder #: same.

Folder 45: Field, Kate, 1839-1896. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Charlestown, Mass., 15 October 1868

Thanking him for a copy of Mary Wollstonecraft's "Rights of Women", describing house hunting in Boston, and a lecture by Emerson on Art. 1 s. (4 p.) Old folder #: same.

Folder 46: Field, Kate, 1839-1896. A.L.S. to Mary Elizabeth (Channing) Higginson; Boston, 5 April 1869

Describing her success in lecturing and her plans for future engagements. 2 s. (8 p.) Old folder #: same.

Folder 47: Fields, Annie, 1834-1915. A.N.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; [Boston, [ca. 1855–1909]

Aknowledging receipt of a letter. 1 s. (1 p.) Old folder #: same.

Folder 48: Fields, Annie, 1834-1915. A.N.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Boston, 29 December 1881

Thanking him for a contribution to the Lanier Memorial. 1 s. (1 p.) Old folder #: 47.

Folder 48i: Fields, Annie, 1834-1915. A.N.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; [Boston, 1855–1909

Regretting that a planned visit to Mrs. Higginson had not materialized and giving an invitation to dine. 1 s. (2 p.) Old folder #: 48-48a.

Folder 48a: Fiske, Helen M. A.L.S. to Julius A. Palmer; Charlestown, Mass., 5 July 1849

An opportunity has presented itself for herself and Annie to go into the country to board in Andover. 1 s. (2 p.); envelope Old folder #: 48-48a

Folder 49: Forten, Charlotte L. A.L.S. to [Thomas Wentworth Higginson]; Boston, 17 February 1868

Enclosed Mrs. Charlie's birthday note. 1 s. (3 p.) Old folder #: same.

Folder 50: Foster, Abby Kelley, 1811-1887. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Worcester, Massachusetts, 5 February 1876

Announcing that her homestead and property of other anti-slavery workers are to be sold for taxes and that they have arranged a mass meeting for the day previous to the auction; inviting Mr. Higginson to be present. 1 s. (2 p.) Old folder #: same.

Folder 51: French, Alice [Octave Thanet], 1850-1934. A.N.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Davenport, Iowa, 12 October [ca. 1870–1911]

Thanking him for favorable criticism of her work and giving an appreciation of his own. 1 s. (1 p.) Old folder #: same.

Formerly written as French, Alice, 1850-1934.

Folder 52: Frothingham, Eugenia Brooks, 1874-. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Dublin, N.H., 12 October [ca. 1901–1911]

Thanking him for his appreciation of her writing. 1 s. (4 p.) Old folder #: same.

Folder 53: Gardner, Isabella Stewart, 1840-1924. A.N.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Beverly, Mass., 20 July [ca. 1860–1911]

Thanking him for sending her the name of a story by Bret Harte. 1 s. (3 p.) Old folder #: same.

Folder 54: Gilder, Jeannette L. (Jeannette Leonard), 1849-1916. T.N.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; New York, 28 January 1902

Asking him to write reminiscences for the "Critic." 1 s. (1 p.) Old folder #: same.

Folder 55: Eastman, Elaine Goodale, 1863-1953. Christmas carol. A.M.S; Mount Washington, Mass., December 1877

Christmas card with poem written on it. 1 s. (1 p.) Old folder #: same.

Folder 56: Guiney, Louise Imogen, 1861-1920. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Auburndale, Mass., 24 February 1893

Thanking him for coming to the W.R.T.A. [Women's Rest Tous Association] 1 s. (2 p.) Old folder #: same.

Folder 57: Guiney, Louise Imogen, 1861-1920. A.N.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Auburndale, Mass., 15 February 1899

Asking him to contribute to the Pilgrim Scrip. 1 s. (1 p.) Old folder #: same.

Folder 58: Guiney, Louise Imogen, 1861-1920. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Auburndale, Mass., 1 March 1899

Thanking him for his delightful bargaining on his favor to The Pilgrim Scrip; thanking him for his approval of her book. 1 s. (2 p.) Old folder #: same.

Folder 59: Hawthorne, Sophia Peabody, 1809-1871. A.L.S. to Mary [Elizabeth (Channing) Higginson]; Concord, Mass., 17 September 1865

Letter to Mary about meeting with Dr. Munroe who suggested that Mary would benefit from her company and that Dr. Munroe will go to her any time. 1 s. (4 p.) Old folder #: 63.

Folder 60: Hawthorne, Sophia Peabody, 1809-1871. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Concord, Massachusetts, 5 October 1865

Thanking him for his note about Dr. Munroe's visit; asking him to write for the Atlantic some of his experience in and on the water at Newport. 1 s. (2 p.) Old folder #: 64.

Folder 61: Hawthorne, Una, 1844-1877. A.N.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; [Concord, Mass.], [ca. 1853–1877]

Sending him a little vine of farewell. 1 s. (1 p.) Old folder #: 65.

Folder 62: Hawthorne, Una, 1844-1877. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Brattleboro, Vt., 19 May 1868

Describing a walk in the woods. 2 s. (8 p.) Old folder #: 66.

Folder 63: Hawthorne, Una, 1844-1877. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; [Brattleboro, Vt.], 19 April 1869

Telling him of her pleasure in living abroad; of her unwillingness to make new friends; and of her sorrow in the loss of her father. 1 s. (5 p.) Old folder #: 63.

Folder 64: Hawthorne, Una, 1844-1877. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Dresden., 28 January 1870

Telling of her unpleasant impressions of the German people, especially their treatment of women. 1 s. (4 p.) Old folder #: 68.

Folder 65: Hawthorne, Una, 1844-1877. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Concord, Mass., 15 June [ca. 1864–1877]

Refusing an invitation to Newport on the score of ill health; telling him of the plan to sell Wayside and asking him to stop there on his way to Brattleboro. 1 s. (4 p.) Old folder #: 69.

Folder 66: Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864. [Description of daughter Una]. Ms. [n.p.], [ca. 1848–1864]

A description of his daughter, Una, copied by Anna S. Higginson. Old folder #: 70.

Folder 67: Hemans, Mrs., 1793-1835. A signature., [ca. 1815–1835]

Old folder #: 71

Folder 68: Higginson, Ella, 1862-1940. A.L.S. (final sheet only) to [Thomas Wentworth Higginson?]; [n.p.], January 11, 1898

She received the book he sent yesterday and is delighted with the poems. 1 s. (4 p.) Old folder #: 72.

Folder 69: Higginson, Ella, 1862-1940. A.L.S. to Thomas Wntworth Higginson; Washington, 5 January, [ca. 1885–1909]

Concerning her own and Col. and Mrs. Higginson's writings, and her husband's relatives. Old folder #: 72.

Folder 70: Jewett, Sarah Orne, 1849-1909. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; [Boston], [ca. 1870–1909]

Giving arrangements for a reading at the Museum in which Thomas Wentworth Higginson was to have a part. 1 s. (3 p.) Old folder #: 73.

Folder 71: Jewett, Sarah Orne, 1849-1909. A.N.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Boston, 18 March, [ca. 1882–1909]

Asking him to participate in a Longfellow Memorial reading on March 31. 1 s. (1 p.) Old folder #: 74.

Folder 72: Jewett, Sarah Orne, 1849-1909. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Boston, 13 February, [ca. 1886–1909]

Declining for herself and Mrs. James T. Fields his offer to join the Authors' Club and explaining, at some length, her reasons against such a club. 1 s. (4 p.) Old folder #: 75.

Box 2

Folder 73: Kemble, Fanny, 1809-1893. A.N.S. to [Thomas Wentworth Higginson]; [Boston?], [ca. 1848–1893]

Wants him to know she will be at the Hall at the usual hour in order to give a reading. 1 s. (1 p.) Old folder #: 76

Folder 74: King, Grace Elizabeth, 1852-1932. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Oxford, 21 August 1892

Thanking him for his kind appreciation of her work and extending an invitation to visit her family in New Orleans if he should be there. 1 s. (4 p.) Old folder #: 77.

Folder 75: Larcom, Lucy, 1824-1893. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Beverly, Massachusetts, 19 August 1889

Referring to a request of his to use a poem to Houghton Mifflin Company. Expressing pleasure that he reads her poetry. 1 s. (2 p.) Old folder #: 78.

Folder 76: Lathrop, Rose Hawthorne, 1851-1926. A.N.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Concord, Mass., 2 November 1867

Thanking him for sending her a song. 1 s. (1 p.) Old folder #: 59

Folder 77: Lathrop, Rose Hawthorne, 1851-1926. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; New York, 1 February 1872

Telling him of the plans of herself and her husband to live in Concord, N.H. 1 s. (3 p.) Old folder #: 60.

Folder 78: Lathrop, Rose Hawthorne, 1851-1926. A.L.S. to Mrs. [  ] Mackay; Concord, Massachusetts, 9 May [ca. 1865–1909]

Thanking him for the flowers he brought to her on Saturday and telling him what she did with them. 1 s. (4 p.) Old folder #: 61.

Folder 79: Lathrop, Rose Hawthorne, 1851-1926. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; New York, 13 October 1899

Telling him that the mottoes in the library at Wayside had not been put there by her father, but by her brother and a boarding school mistress who had rented the house. Speaking of the Free Home for Incurable Cancer where she now lives. 2 s. (9 p.) Old folder #: 62.

Folder 80: Lazarus, Emma, 1849-1887. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; New York, 8 July [ca. 1870–1887]

Thanking him for sending an ode in appreciation of an article in the Critic, June 18, on American literature. 1 s. (4 p.) Old folder #: 79.

Folder 81: Lazarus, Emma, 1849-1887. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; New York, 4 November 1876

Thanking him for his generous and helpful criticism of an unpublished play. 1 s. (4 p.) Old folder #: 80.

Folder 82: Lea, Florence P. A.N.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Washington, DC, 26 January 1891

Asking permission to use a poem of his in a compilation. 1 s. (2 p.) Old folder #: 81.

Folder 83: Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice, 1820-1905. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Melrose, Mass., 17 February 1882

Thanking him for his clever buying of books for "Harvard Annex"; confessing her disgust at the welcome given Oscar Wilde in Chicago and Boston, and telling of refusing to receive Whitman's poems as a gift through the mail for fear of being arrested. 1 s. (4 p.) Old folder #: 82.

Folder 84: Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice, 1820-1905. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Burlington, Iowa, 24 March 1883

In answer to a letter of his, agreeing in his unwillingness to apply part of the Child Fund to aid the endorsement of the "Revolution"; asking that part of the fund be used to circulate "Common Sense" and that part be given as a contribution to the "Annex Fund" to hasten the opening of Harvard to women. 1 s. (4 p.) Old folder #: 83.

Folder 85: Longfellow, Alice M. (Alice Mary), 1850-1928. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Manchester, Mass., 13 August 1885

Regarding a contribution and the appointment of a committee to take charge of gifts. 1 s. (2 p.) Old folder #: 84.

Folder 86: McCarthy, Charlotte. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Westgate on Sea, England, May 1900

Regretting that she had been unable to see the Misses O'Reilly about whom Mr. Higginson had sent a card. 1 s. (4 p.) Old folder #: 85.

Folder 87: McChesney, Dora Greenwell, 1871-1912. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Walthamstow, Essex, 7 July 1897

Regarding the gift of one of her books to Higginson's daughter. 1 s. (4 p.) Old folder #: 86.

Folder 88: Manley, Lydia. A.N.S. to [Thomas Wentworth Higginson]; Boston, 15 July 1899

Sending a letter of introduction from Mr. Coleridge and saying that she and her sister will call on the next Monday. 1 s. (2 p.) Old folder #: 87.

Folder 89: Martineau, Harriet, 1802-1876.  A.L.S. to [Thomas Wentworth Higginson]; Tynemouth, England, 21 April [ca. 1848–1876]

Referring to an expressed desire on his part to consult with her about a book he is writing; asking him to visit her, explaining about the condition of her health, etc. 1 s. (4 p.) Old folder #: 88.

Folder 90: Meakin, Annette M. B. A.L.S. to [Thomas Wentworth Higginson]; London, 21 June 1904

Thanking him for sending her "Woman and the Alphabet," discussing the present state of the woman suffrage movement. 1 s. (4 p.) Old folder #: 89.

Folder 91: Miller, Harriet Mann, 1831-1918. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Brooklyn, 22 December 1891

Thanking him for having written an article in defense of woman suffrage in the "Last Bazar." 1 s. (3 p.) Old folder #: 90.

Folder 92: Moulton, Louise Chandler, 1835-1908. A.N.S. to [Thomas Wentworth Higginson]; [n.p.], [ca. 1848–1908]

Four separate cards; changing the date of an engagement; giving him requested information on Michael Field; thanking him for a letter, etc. 4 s. (9 p.) Old folder #: 91.

Folder 93: Moulton, Louise Chandler, 1835-1908. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Boston, 31 January [ca. 1848–1908]

Saying that she had sent a Browning sonnet, not for an anthology but for his pleasure; arguing with him about a suggested change in the sonnet, etc. 1 s. (2 p.); envelope Old folder #: 92.

Folder 94: Moulton, Louise Chandler, 1835-1908. 6 printed poems cut from newspapers and mounted on one sheet., [ca. September 1883]

6 printed poems cut from newspapers and mounted on one sheet. One imprint is Ragatz, Switzerland, September 1883. The other five have no place, no date. Old folder #: 93.

Folder 95: Moulton, Louise Chandler, 1835-1908. A. postcard to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; [Boston], [March 10, 1884?]

Many thanks and expressing her enjoyment of the Thursday evening club. Old folder #: 94.

Folder 96: Moulton, Louise Chandler, 1835-1908. A.N.S. to [Thomas Wentworth Higginson]; Boston, 10 May [ca. 1848–1908]

Accepting an invitation. 1 s. (2 p.) Old folder #: 95.

Folder 96a: Moulton, Louise Chandler, 1835-1908. A.L.S. to [Thomas Wentworth Higginson]; [Boston], [ca. 1848–1908]

Wishes she would have known today was his birthday. 1 s. (4 p.) Old folder #: 95a.

Folder 97: Moulton, Louise Chandler, 1835-1908. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; [Boston], 20 January 1898

Forwarding a letter relating to Michael Field; telling of helping a young Englishman who claimed to be the brother of Mrs. Alma Tadema and Mrs. Edmund Gosse, only to find he was a fraud. 1 s. (4 p.) Old folder #: 96.

Folder 98: Moulton, Louise Chandler, 1835-1908. A.N.S. to [Thomas Wentworth Higginson]; Boston, 22 December 1905

Congratulating him on his 62nd birthday. 1 s. (1 p.) Old folder #: 97.

Folder 99: Nilsson, Christine, 1843-1921. A.N.S. to [   ] Cist; New York, 28 October 1883

Thanking him for some verses. 1 s. (3 p.) Old folder #: 98.

Folder 100: Palfrey, Sara Hammond, 1823-1914. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Hazelwood, 17 May 1908

Sending a gift of money for the "Misses Massasoit". 1 s. (4 p.) Old folder #: 99.

Folder 101: Palmer, Alice Freeman, 1855-1902.  A.N.S (calling card) to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Wellesley, Mass., [ca. 1879–1887]

Expressing the pleasure and comfort his work has given her. 1 s. (2 p.) Old folder #: 100.

Folder 101a: Palmer, Alice Freeman, 1855-1902. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Wellesley, Mass., 11 April [ca. 1887–1902]

She and Mr. Palmer have just returned from a week away and are too late to accept his invitation, but thanking him anyway. 1 s. (2 p.) Old folder #: 100a.

Folder 102: Palmer, Alice Freeman, 1855-1902. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; [Wellesley, Mass.], 6 December 1886

Expressing her satisfaction of his article in The Critic. 1 s. (2 p.) Old folder #: 101.

Folder 103: Palmer, Alice Freeman, 1855-1902. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Cambridge, Massachusetts, 7 May 1900

Asking if his secretary can copy "The lives of members of the Authors Club" and send it to her for a project. 1 s. (2 p.) Old folder #: 102.

Folder 104: Pollock, Juliet Creed, -1899. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Rotingdean, Sussex, England, 12 August [ca. 1848–1899]

Telling of her family plans and regretting that she cannot receive some friends of his; inviting him to visit when she is settled in London the next year. 1 s. (4 p.) Old folder #: 103.

Folder 105: Putnam, Mary Lowell, 1810-1898. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; [n.p.], [ca. 1848–1898]

Thanking him for a "most excellent historical work" he had sent. 1 s. (2 p.) Old folder #: 104.

Folder 106: Repplier, Agnes, 1855-1950. A.L.S to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Mt. Coeno, [ca. 1875–1909]

Regretting that something in one of her publications, about Harriet Beecher Stowe's objection to Tom Jones, had caused him annoyance; speaking of her slow convalescence. 1 s. (3 p.) Old folder #: 105.

Folder 107: Repplier, Agnes, 1855-1950. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Naples, 25 February [ca. 1875–1909]

Disclaiming authorship of an article on Emily Dickinson; expressing appreciation of his interest and thanking him for his criticism. 1 s. (3 p.) Old folder #: 106.

Folder 108: Repplier, Agnes, 1855-1950. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Philadelphia, 16 December 1891

Asking for information about the honesty of the editor of "Brains"; to which she had contributed, on request, without receiving payment. 1 s. (2 p.) Old folder #: 107.

Folder 109: Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe, 1850-1943. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Gardiner, Maine, 8 December 1897

Asking him to read and review for the Nation "Children of the Night" by Edwin Arlington Robinson, "a young friend and ex-neighbor," because she thinks the poems "strong, genuine, and individual." 1 s. (2 p.) Old folder #: 108.

Folder 110: Roseboro, Viola. A.L.S to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; New York, 15 March 1890

Thanking him for his generous praise of her work and explaining, at some length, the reasons for her method. 1 s. (4 p.) Old folder #: 109.

Folder 111: Sanborn, Kate, 1839-1917. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Wellesley, Mass., 30 January [ca. 1860–1909]

Asking him to see that Miss Cheney is taken care of as she is a stranger to the Club [Authors]; regretting that she is to be in New York during the winter and will therefore lose the pleasure of the meetings. 1 s. (3 p.) Old folder #: 110.

Folder 112: Shaw, Sarah B. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; West New Brighton, New York, 11 September 1881

Congratulating him on the birth of a child; referring to General Hapgood and his failure to put her son in a bed separate from his men. 1 s. (4 p.) Old folder #: 111.

Folder 113: Somerville, Mary, 1780-1872. A.L.S. [John?] Murray; Florence, 14 September 1858

Sending revised pages to Mr. Murray for changes to be made. 1 s. (2 p.) Old folder #: 112.

Folder 114: Spofford, Harriet Elizabeth Prescott, 1835-1921. A.L.S to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Newburyport, Mass., 10 November 1871

Asking if he has seen an article by Nicholas St. John Green in the Law Review; and recommending it to him. 1 s. (2 p.) Old folder #: 113.

Folder 115: Spofford, Harriet Elizabeth Prescott, 1835-1921. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Washington, D.C., 29 March 1879

Telling him about boarding places in Washington. 1 s. (3 p.) Old folder #: 114.

Folder 116: Spofford, Harriet Elizabeth Prescott, 1835-1921. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; [New York?], [ca. 1865–1909]

Thanking him for a letter, evidently in regard to his birthday. 1 s. (4 p.) Old folder #: 115.

Folder 117: Spofford, Harriet Elizabeth Prescott, 1835-1921. A.N.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Deer Island, Mass., [ca. 1855–1909]

Thanking him for sending an article in which he quoted her. 1 s. (2 p.) Old folder #: 116.

Folder 118: Spofford, Harriet Elizabeth Prescott, 1835-1921. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Boston, [ca. 1865–1909]

Thanking him for his invitation to join the Authors Club and stating that it is the only society except the Woman Suffrage Association she has ever joined. 1 s. (4 p.) Old folder #: 117.

Folder 119: Spofford, Harriet Elizabeth Prescott, 1835-1921. A.N.S to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Deer Island, Mass., 29 June 1907

Thanking him for a note. 1 s. (1 p.); envelope Old folder #: 118.

Folder 120: Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, 1815-1902. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; New York, 13 January 1868

Explaining the aims and principles of the editors of "The Revolution" and protesting that the men who helped give the negro the franchise were unwilling to help women. 1 s. (3 p.) Old folder #: 119.

Folder 121: Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, 1815-1902. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; New York, 22 May 1868

Telling him that she would not have attended a certain meeting has she known that matters relating to Lucy Stone were to be discussed; expressing her opinion of the sectarianism of abolitionists. 1 s. (2 p.) Old folder #: 120.

Folder 122: Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, 1815-1902. A.L.S. to [Stephen Symonds] Foster; New York, 3 November 1868

Sending a letter from Mr. Foster and saying that she is happy that she is not wanted at any other conventions, since she feels her convention days are over. 1 s. (2 p.) Old folder #: 121.

Folder 123: Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, 1815-1902. A.N.S. to [Stephen Symonds] Foster; New York, 4 November 1868

Offering an apology to Mr. Foster for her seeming indifference in a Higginson letter. 1 s. (1 p.) Old folder #: 122.

Folder 124: Stone, Lucy, 1818-1893. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; [n.p.], 3 January 1873

Asking him to write a review of Helen Hunt's verses; stating that she has received a letter from Elizabeth Cady Stanton begging to lay aside her personal feud with Susan Anthony, etc. 1 s. (2 p.) Old folder #: 123.

Folder 125: Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896. A.L.S. to [Mary Ashton (Rice)] Livermore; [n.p.], [ca. 1848–1896]

4 s. (16 p.) Old folder #: 124.

Folder 126: Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; [n.p.], 24 May 1871

Regarding the Hale convention and the harm it has done the suffrage cause. 1 s. (3 p.) Old folder #: 125.

Folder 127: Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Hartford, Conn., 19 October 1883

Referring to a letter received from a friend of his, evidently about a biographical notice of her and stating that she prefers that nothing of the sort be written by any but her son and son-in-law. 1 s. (2 p.) Old folder #: 126.

Folder 128: Tappan, Caroline Sturgis, 1819-1888. A.N.S. to Sarah [   ]; [n.p.], 7 March [ca. 1848–1888]

Sending the sonnet she wrote upon seeing Shakespeare's death mask; returning Lady Gordon's book with many thanks. 1 s. (4 p.) Old folder #: 127.

Folder 129: Terry, Ellen, Dame, 1847-1928. A.N.S to [  ]; [n.p.], [ca. 1867–1909]

Signing her name with pleasure for less than fifty cents; wants to establish a fund for sick children with the sale of her autograph. 1 s. (1 p.) Old folder #: 128.

Folder 130: Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894.  A.L.S. to [Thomas Wentworth Higginson]; Newtonville, Mass., 8 February [ca. 1855–1894]

Delighted to have received his letter; praising a poem he wrote. 1 s. (4 p.) Old folder #: 129.

Folder 131: Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894. A.N.S to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; [Boston], 8 November 1882

Sending address of Mrs. James T. Fields and telling how much she liked his poem in The Century. 1 s. (1 p.) Old folder #: 130.

Folder 132: Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894. A.N.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Newtonville, Mass., 30 April [ca. 1855–1894]

Returning a ticket and telling him how glad she was to have gone to the symphony with him. 1 s. (1 p.) Old folder #: 131.

Folder 133: Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Boston, 21 October 1882

Telling that while she agrees with him about Oscar Wilde from the literary point of view, she feels that to insult and flout him while he was a guest in American was mean and base. 1 s. (2 p.); envelope Old folder #: 132.

Folder 134: Todd, Mabel Loomis, 1856-1932. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Amherst, Mass., 17 November 1890

Speaking of the first volume of Emily Dickinson's poems and of the large number still to be published, etc. 1 s. (4 p.) Old folder #: 133.

Folder 135: Morrill, Sarah C. Town, N.W. Draft of a petition against marriage laws; [n.p.], [ca. 1848–1909]

A petition of protest against husbands having complete control over their wives in marriage, etc. 1 s. (2 p.) Old folder #: 134.

Folder 136: Great Britain. Sovereign, 1837-1901. Ms.D.S.; London, 21 January 1870

George Melish has been given royal license and permission to plead on behalf of William Weldon Champreys. Stamped with Victoria's seal. Old folder #: 135.

Folder 137: Ward, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, 1844-1911. A.N.S. to Colonel and Mrs. Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Andover, Mass., 24 February 1868

Thanking them for their encouragement, etc. 1 s. (2 p.) Old folder #: 136.

Folder 138: Ward, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, 1844-1911. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Andover, Massachusetts, 8 December 1868

Regarding contributions to Mrs. Dodge's magazine, and saying that her early training had not been gloomy. 1 s. (3 p.) Old folder #: 137.

Folder 139: Ward, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, 1844-1911. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Newton Highlands, Mass., 22 December 1892

Resigning from the Authors Club and giving her reasons for doing so. 1 s. (4 p.) Old folder #: 138.

Folder 140: Ward, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, 1844-1911. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Newton Centre, 1 December 1893

Very pleased with his "Twelfth of January"; inviting him to come out and visit their new home. 1 s. (3 p.) Old folder #: 139.

Folder 141: Ward, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, 1844-1911. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Newton Centre; Mass., 11 January 1897

Thanking him for a sonnet and urging him not to work at night for fear of insomnia, telling of her trouble with it; criticizing his tendency to argue too much on both sides of a question, etc. 1 s. (4 p.) Old folder #: 140.

Folder 142: Ward, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, 1844-1911. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Newton Centre, Mass., 4 May 1897

Thanking him for a book on birds; regretting that she knows so little of them, etc. 1 s. (3 p.) Old folder #: 141.

Folder 143: Wells, Kate Gannett, 1838-1911. A.N.S. to Mrs. [   ] Talbot; New York, [ca. 1860–1909]

Pleasantly surprised that he invited her to speak at the Club, but she cannot. 1 s. (2 p.) Old folder #: 142.

Folder 144: White, Eliza Orne, 1856-1947. Ms.N.s. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Brookline, Mass., 7 November [ca. 1888–1909]

Expressing her delight in a meeting she had attended the day before; sending "After Noontide", a collection of verse and prose made by her mother. 1 s. (2 p.) Old folder #: 143.

Folder 145: Whitney, Anne, 1821-1915. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Belmont, Mass., 1 January 1865

Telling him that a statue of hers had been packed and that when it was again in her studio she would change the nose as he had suggested. Speaking of the outcome of the war and the period of reconstruction. 1 s. (4 p.); envelope Old folder #: 144.

Folder 146: Whitney, Anne, 1821-1915. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Belmont, Massachusetts, 1 December 1864

Telling him her intention in making a statue of a typical negro, explaining her limitations, justifying her result and asking criticism. 2 s. (6 p.) Old folder #: 145.

Folder 147: Wilcox, Ella Wheeler, 1850-1919. A.L.S. to [   ]; Short Beach, Conn., [ca. 1870–1909]

1 s. (4 p.) Old folder #: 146.

Folder 148: Wilcox, Ella Wheeler, 1850-1919. A.N.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; New York, 22 December 1896

Thanking him for a contribution to a friend for Mr. Boyd, and telling of his circumstances. 1 s. (2 p.) Old folder #: 147.

Folder 149: Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins, 1852-1930. T.N.S. to Miss [   ] Winslow; Randolph, Mass., 25 January 1900

She is honored by her election as member of the committee, but she must refuse so she can work on her novel. 1 s. (1 p.) Old folder #: 148.

Folder 150: Woods, Kate Tannatt, 1838-1910. A.L.S. to Annie (Adams) Fields; [Boston?], April 1883

Has been talking and planning ways and means concerning an Authors Club in Boston. 1 s. (3 p.) Old folder #: 149.

Folder 151: Woolsey, Sarah Chauncey, 1835-1905. A.L.S. to Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Nantucket, Mass., 11 June 1885

Thanking him for his letter of condolence about her mother; speaking of Mrs. Ingelow's poems; regretting Helen Hunt Jackson's continued illness, etc. 1 s. (4 p.) Old folder #: 150.

Box pb P.91.37

Folder 1: Adams, Hannah, 1755-1831. A.L.S. to William Shaw; [n.p.], [ca. 1804–1831]

Story of her life. 3 s. (11 p.)