Papers of Lydia Maria Child, ca. 1827-1878 | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)

Summary:Collection contains Lydia Maria Child's correspondence and a scrapbook created by Lydia Maria Child. Most of the letters were written by Lydia Maria Child to her sister-in-law, Lydia B. Child, and to her mother-in-law, Lydia B. Child. Also included are three letters by David Child to his sister and letters by Lydia Maria Francis Child to David's nephew, William Haskins. Letters deal mostly with Lydia Maria Child's married life, family relations, David's business ventures and illnesses, the slavery issue and abolition movement, and the Civil War