Letter from Lydia Maria Child, New York, to John Sullivan Dwight, Oct. 23d, 1844
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- 1844-10-23
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Holograph, signed.
Child praises the violinist, Ole Bull. Criticizes a French clique who underrated him. Asks Dwight to write an article on Ole Bull for the Democratic Review.
For reference to this letter and others connected with it, see pages 75-82, in George Willis Cooke's book, John Sullivan Dwight : brook-farmer, editor, and critic of music : a biography, (1898).
Above the salutation is the note by Child: Please not read this letter to strangers. I have written with too much abandon for the public eye.
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Dwight, John Sullivan, 1813-1893
Child, Lydia Maria, 1802-1880
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- Anti-Slavery Collection
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- 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 - Type
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- English
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- Dwight, John Sullivan, 1813-1893, Child, Lydia Maria, 1802-1880. Letter from Lydia Maria Child, New York, to John Sullivan Dwight, Oct. 23d, 1844. 1844-10-23. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/wm118h80s. (Accessed April 19, 2024.)
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- Dwight, John Sullivan, 1813-1893, Child, Lydia Maria, 1802-1880, (1844-10-23) Letter from Lydia Maria Child, New York, to John Sullivan Dwight, Oct. 23d, 1844. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/wm118h80s
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- Dwight, John Sullivan, 1813-1893, Child, Lydia Maria, 1802-1880. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/wm118h80s>.