Hattie [Robinson, Harriet Hanson], 1884

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 11

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Letter from May 11, 1884. Regarding Robinson’s verse play, probably Captain Mary Miller.

Dates

Creation: 1884

Creator

From the Collection: Whitney, A. D. T. (Adeline Dutton Train), 1824-1906 (Poet, novelist) (Person)
From the Collection: Whittier, Elizabeth H. (Elizabeth Hussey), 1815-1864 (Sister of John Greenleaf Whittier) (Correspondent, Person)
From the Collection: Lucy Larcom, 1824-1893 (Wheaton English Lit. Tchr 1855-1867) (Person)
From the Collection: John Greenleaf Whittier, 1807-1892 (American poet & abolitionist) (Correspondent, Person)

Access Restrictions

No Restrictions. Papers are open to researchers.

Biographical / Historical

Harriet Hanson (Mrs. William Stevens) Robinson, born in Boston, Massachusetts, 8 February 1825, was one of the intellectual circle of factory-girls that composed the staff of the Lowell Offering. She contributed poems to the Lowell Courier, where she met and married the editor William Stevens Robinson. Harriet assisted in editorial work and was active in the anti=slavery movement as well as women's rights. In 1888, she was a member of the International Council of Women at Washington D.C. Robinson's works include: Massachusetts in the Woman Suffrage Movement (Boston, 1881); Early Factory Labor in New England (1883); and Captain Mary Miller, a drama (1887)