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A woman's wit & whimsy : the 1833 diary of Anna Cabot Lowell Quincy / edited by Beverly Wilson Palmer.

Title
A woman's wit & whimsy : the 1833 diary of Anna Cabot Lowell Quincy / edited by Beverly Wilson Palmer.
Author
Waterston, Anna Cabot Lowell Quincy, 1812-1899.
Publication
Boston : Massachusetts Historical Society : Northeastern University Press, [2003], ©2003.

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Additional Authors
Palmer, Beverly Wilson, 1936-
Description
xii, 180 pages : illustrations, maps; 25 cm.
Series Statement
The New England women's diaries series
Uniform Title
New England women's diaries series.
Alternative Title
Woman's wit and whimsy
Subject
  • Boston (Mass.) > Biography
  • Boston (Mass.) > Social life and customs
  • Poets, American > 19th century > Diaries
  • Quincy family
  • Upper class > Boston
  • Waterston, Anna Cabot Lowell Quincy, 1812-1899 > Diaries
  • Women > Boston > Diaries
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-171) and index.
Contents
Preface: The New England Women's Diaries Series -- Ch. 1. The Harvard University Community: March 1833 -- Ch. 2. Fanny Kemble's Boston Appearance: April 1833 -- Ch. 3. Manners and Mores of Cambridge and Boston Society: May 1833 -- Ch. 4. President Andrew Jackson Visits Harvard: June 1833 -- Ch. 5. The Places in Anna Quincy's Life: July and August 1833 -- App. A. Letter to Eliza Susan Quincy, c. 1852 -- App. B. Letter to James T. Fields, c. December 1862 -- App. C. "Jane Austen" / Anna Quincy Waterston.
ISBN
  • 1555535755 (acid-free paper)
  • 1555535747 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
LCCN
2003008328
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries