CONTENTS

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CATHARINE MARIA SEDGWICK, 1789–1867	1
MARY LOVELL WARE, 1798–1849	43
LYDIA MARIA CHILD, 1802–1880	79
DOROTHEA LYNDE DIX, 1802–1887	123
SARAH MARGARET FULLER OSSOLI, 1810–1850	165
HARRIET BEECHER STOWE, 1811–1896	209
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT, 1832–1888	251

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I

CATHARINE MARIA SEDGWICK

During the first half of the nineteenth century, Miss Sedgwick woulddoubtless have been considered the queen of American letters, but, inthe opinion of her friends, the beauty of her character surpassed themerit of her books. In 1871, Miss Mary E. Dewey, her life-longneighbor, edited a volume of Miss Sedgwick's letters, mostly tomembers of her family, in compliance with the desire of those who knewand loved her, "that some printed memorial should exist of a life sobeautiful and delightful in itself, and so beneficent in its influenceupon others." Truly a "life beautiful in itself and beneficent in itsinfluence," the reader will say, as he lays down this tender volume.

Catharine Maria Sedgwick was born at Stockbridge, Mass., in 1789, thefirst year of the presidency of George Washington. She was adescendant from Robert Sedgwick, major-general under Cromwell, andgovernor of Jamaica. Her father, Theodore Sedgwick, was a country boy,born in 1746, upon a barren farm in one of[Pg 2] the hill-towns ofConnecticut. Here the family opened a country store, then added atavern, and with the combined industries of farm, store and tavern,Theodore, most fortunate of the sons if not the favorite, was sent toYale college, where he remained, until, in the last year of hiscourse, he managed to get hims

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