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• Author/Creator:Sigourney, L. H. (Lydia Howard), 1791-1865.
  
• Title:Lydia Howard Sigourney collection, 1811-1864.
  
• Physical Description:0.84 linear feet (3 boxes)
  

• Yale Holdings

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  • Location:LSF- BEINECKE
    Request for Use in the Beinecke Reading Room
    
    
  • Call Number: YCAL MSS 892
    
  • Status:Not Checked Out
    
  • Notes: Former call numbers: Za Sigourney, Uncat Za File 135, Uncat Za File 361, Uncat Za File 493, and Uncat Za File 664
    

   
• Notes:In English.
  Acquired from various sources. For more information see and folder labels and photocopies of catalog cards filed in box 1.
  
• Access and use:This material is open for research.
• Biographical / Historical note:Lydia Howard Sigourney, American poet. Most of her works were published under her married name, Mrs. Sigourney.
  
• Summary:Box 1 contains correspondence and writings. The correspondence includes autograph manuscript letters and notes, dated 1811-1864. Correspondents include Henry Barnard, Reverend and Mrs. James D. Butler, J. C. Clement, G & C Merriam, Phillip Ripley, and Harriet Watson. Writings are autograph manuscript and typescript drafts and fragments of poems, dated 1812 to 1854. Also included are photostat copies of correspondence and poems.
  Box 2 contains an autograph manuscript of A Work on Prayer: Written in Early Life, dated 1812 May.
  Box 3 contains a quill pen; a chip of wood from White Elms in Sigourney, Iowa; and two portraits of Sigourney: an engraving and a carte-de-visite.
  
• Format:Archives or Manuscripts
• Cite as:Lydia Howard Sigourney Collection. Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
  
• Subjects:Barnard, Henry, 1811-1900.
  Butler, James T.
  Clément, J. C.
  Ripley, Phillip, 1793 or 1794-1862.
  Sigourney, L. H. (Lydia Howard), 1791-1865.
  Watson, Harriet.
  G. & C. Merriam (Firm)
  Merriam-Webster, Inc.
  American poetry--19th century.
  Poets, American--19th century.
  Women poets, American--19th century.
  
• Genre/Form:Artifacts (object genre)
  Cartes-de-visite (card photographs)
  Engravings (prints)
  Quill pens.
  Woodchips.
  
• Occupation:Poets United States 19th century.
  Women poets United States 19th century.