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Series I: Personal Correspondence- Letter to Tincker, Mary Agnes, 1879 July 16. [Brewster MSS Box 1 Folder 2]
Anne Hampton Brewster (1818-1892) was an American novelist, journalist and foreign correspondent who defied contemporary conceptions of womanhood and society during the nineteenth century. The papers date from 1777 to 1892, with the majority of the…
Series I: Personal Correspondence- Lanciani, Elena and Marcella (Signed letter), 1888 December 26. [Brewster MSS Box 1 Folder 36]
Anne Hampton Brewster (1818-1892) was an American novelist, journalist and foreign correspondent who defied contemporary conceptions of womanhood and society during the nineteenth century. The papers date from 1777 to 1892, with the majority of the…
Series I: Personal Correspondence- Ferrari, E. (Signed letter), 1880 May 29. [Brewster MSS Box 1 Folder 20]
Anne Hampton Brewster (1818-1892) was an American novelist, journalist and foreign correspondent who defied contemporary conceptions of womanhood and society during the nineteenth century. The papers date from 1777 to 1892, with the majority of the…
Series I: Personal Correspondence- Edwards, Amelia B. (Signed letters with one envelope), 1871 December 31, 1872 January 13, 1873 November 15. [Brewster MSS Box 1 Folder 17]
Anne Hampton Brewster (1818-1892) was an American novelist, journalist and foreign correspondent who defied contemporary conceptions of womanhood and society during the nineteenth century. The papers date from 1777 to 1892, with the majority of the…
Series I: Personal Correspondence- Armellini, J. (Signed letter), 1870 March 29. [Brewster MSS Box 1 Folder 3]
Anne Hampton Brewster (1818-1892) was an American novelist, journalist and foreign correspondent who defied contemporary conceptions of womanhood and society during the nineteenth century. The papers date from 1777 to 1892, with the majority of the…
See that hump? Something inside for you [graphic].
Racist trade card promoting De Long Hook and Eye Company and depicting a caricature of an African American boy cutting a watermelon. Shows the barefoot boy, portrayed with exaggerated features, and holding a saber-like knife in his right hand while…
See Porcupine in Colours Just Portray'd political cartoon, 1799
This scathing cartoon was widely popularized in 18th century America, of William Cobbett, who is in fact being protrayed as a porcupine with some rather crude opinions. He is shown receiving support by those that include the Devil and the British…
Sarah Logan Fisher diaries [Volume 3]
The diaries of Sarah Logan Fisher, wife of Thomas Fisher, Philadelphia Quaker merchant, detail domestic and family concerns, social and religious gatherings, and spiritual contemplation of a well-educated Quakeress. There is some account of the…
Sarah Logan Fisher diaries [Volume 2]
The diaries of Sarah Logan Fisher, wife of Thomas Fisher, Philadelphia Quaker merchant, detail domestic and family concerns, social and religious gatherings, and spiritual contemplation of a well-educated Quakeress. There is some account of the…
Sarah Logan Fisher diaries [Volume 1]
The diaries of Sarah Logan Fisher, wife of Thomas Fisher, Philadelphia Quaker merchant, detail domestic and family concerns, social and religious gatherings, and spiritual contemplation of a well-educated Quakeress. There is some account of the…