A Guide to the Papers of Louisa May Alcott1848 (1863-1888) 1956
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Clifton Waller Barrett Library of American Literature
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Accession Number 6255 through 6255-k
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Papers of Louisa May Alcott, Accession #6255 through 6255-k, Clifton Waller Barrett Library of American Literature, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.
Acquisition Information
The Papers of Louisa May Alcott were deposited in the Library at various dates (see following) by Clifton Waller Barrett. The deposits were made gifts on July 1, 1991. 6255-k, a photograph, was purchased from E. Wharton and Co. on September 3, 2003.
Biographical/Historical Information
Nineteenth-century American writer Louisa May Alcott was the author of the acclaimed and beloved children's classic Little Women and numerous other popular works for children. Though she produced adult novels and stories as well, Alcott is most celebrated for her children's fiction, which includes the eight novels grouped under the "Little Women" series. Autobiographical in nature, Alcott's "Little Women" books were modeled after her parents and sisters as well as friends and neighbors in her native New England, and she is credited with being a pioneer in the creation of realistic fiction for children. Her novels are noted for their perceptive and highly entertaining accounts of childhood, for her portrayal of children as multi-dimensional, thinking individuals, and for her lively and warm depictions of family life. Alcott enjoyed widespread popularity in her lifetime as a children's author, while today books like Little Women and Little Men --which have been translated into numerous foreign languages--are still read and appreciated by children around the world.
Alcott was born on November 29, 1832, in Germantown, Pennsylvania, the second of four daughters of Amos Bronson Alcott, a noted transcendentalist philosopher and educator, and Abigail May, a descendant of one of Boston's more prominent families. Money was scarce in the Alcott family; the eccentric Amos Alcott's various social and educational experiments, and his inability to maintain a stable income, often brought the family to the brink of poverty. One particularly grand failure--a utopian community called Fruitlands established by Amos in Harvard, Massachusetts--was a turning point for the young Louisa. From the young age of twelve, she decided to become responsible as a provider for her family, a resolve which lasted her whole life.
Alcott was predominantly raised in Concord, Massachusetts, just outside of Boston. While money was scarce during Louisa's upbringing, intellectual and family life were exceptionally rich. Never formally educated, Louisa and her sisters were taught at home by their father, who brought them into contact with some of the great intellectuals of the day, including Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry David Thoreau, and Margaret Fuller. Louisa, who tutored Emerson's daughter Ellen, spent many hours in Emerson's library, where she read classics of both philosophy and literature. Alcott was very appreciative of the unconventional teaching methods pursued by her father. "Very happy hours they were to us, for my father taught in the wise way which unfolds what lies in the child's nature, as a flower blooms, rather than crammed it, like a Strasburg goose, with more than it could digest," she wrote in her journal collected in Louisa May Alcott: Her Life, Letters and Journals. The Alcotts were a progressively minded family, and Louisa, like the rest of her family, was a supporter of a number of reform causes, including women's suffragmente, coeducation, and the abolition of slavery.
Domestic life in the Alcott household was one marked by hard work, a teaching of skills such as sewing and clothes-making, and an encouragement of playtime and independent thinking. Alcott's beloved mother was her closest friend and confidant, who encouraged the precocious and headstrong Louisa to lead a life of independence and high values. Each of the Alcott girls was required to keep journals which their parents regularly read, and Louisa particularly valued her mother's comments.
Around the age of sixteen, Alcott moved with her family to Boston, and the city-life was stressful for a girl accustomed to living and playing in the hills and countryside. Although financial burdens continued to fall upon Louisa, her sisters, and her mother, charity and volunteer work were always priorities for the family. In 1850, Louisa began work as a teacher after her sister Anna married, and around this time she also began working very hard at becoming a writer. Louisa found she could readily make money by turning out sentimental and thriller stories for adult magazines, and she became a regular contributor to a number of periodicals, often writing "blood and thunder" stories of passion and revenge under the pseudonym of A. M. Barnard. Louisa longed to do something more serious, however, and began working on two novels for adults. Although she had no particular intent to become a children's writer, her first book, Flower Fables, published when she was twenty-three, was a collection of fairy stories she had originally written while she was a tutor for Emerson's daughter, Ellen.
In 1858, Alcott's sister Elizabeth died after a long illness during which Louisa had provided much care. When the Civil War broke out three years later, Alcott worked at a Union hospital in the District of Columbia. Alcott's letters to her family recounting her nursing experiences were published in 1863 as Hospital Sketches, and earned Alcott a fair amount of critical and commercial success. After only a month at the hospital, however, she contracted typhoid fever, which committed her to long periods of bed rest, and which would impair her health for the rest of her life.
Still wanting more new experiences, and frustrated by the unfavorable reception of her next work, an adult novel entitled Moods published in 1865, Alcott travelled to Europe as the companion of an invalid friend. When she returned in July of 1866, she soon began work on more magazine stories. In 1867, she became editor of a children's monthly magazine, Merry's Museum, the same year that Thomas Niles, an editor at Alcott's publisher Roberts Brothers, approached her with the prospect of writing a girls' book. Although she was hesitant, Alcott began working in May of the following year on what would become Little Women , drawing upon the real-life characters and experiences of her parents and three sisters, Anna, Elizabeth, and May.
Written in six weeks in 1868, Little Women , however, proved Alcott tremendously wrong. The book was an instant sensation as readers relished the autobiographical characters of Jo, Meg, Amy, and Beth, and their parents Mr. and Mrs. March. A second volume was quickly planned and written in two months, and in 1869 was published as Little Women or, Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy, Part Second. Both critically and commercially successful, Little Women follows the four March sisters as they strive to improve upon their characters and become "good girls." The novel made giant strides in providing realistic fiction for children, and also in providing a new scope for the traditional "family" novel.
Critics consider Little Women Alcott's masterpiece, yet she followed its success with numerous stories and novels that continued to very popular among her reading fans. Seven of these novels are often grouped with Little Women under the "Little Women" series: An Old-Fashioned Girl, Little Men, Eight Cousins, Rose in Bloom, Under the Lilacs, Jack and Jill, and Jo's Boys and How they Turned Out. These novels follow the lives of the March sisters and their families as they grow older, in addition to the relatives and residents of the New England towns where they lived. The novels demonstrate many of Alcott's beliefs, including the shallowness of materialism, a belief in coeducation and other educational reforms held by her father, and a feminism which supported the idea of self-dependence for women and criticized many of the social customs expected of them.
Alcott was also a prolific author of short stories for children, many which were collected in a series of books entitled Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag. Her success as a writer brought her much fame and financial security in her lifetime, and she continued to provide for her mother and father, as well as other members of her family. She served as legal guardian of her sister May's daughter Louisa, and later also adopted her sister Anna's son, John Sewell Pratt. Alcott herself was never married, once remarking that writing seemed to be her intended companion for life. Alcott died on March 6, 1888, two days after her father's death. While she was the most successful and prolific children's author of her day, Alcott continues to be most noted for her achievement in Little Women .
Scope and Content
The Papers of Louisa May Alcott consists of literary manuscripts, correspondence, legal documents, photographs, and other miscellaneous items. Correspondence discusses her literary career, the writing and publication of her novels and short stories, her family, friends, financial affairs, her health and physicians, and her social life. In addition, there are references to the Concord School of Philosophy, and the career of artist Abigail May Alcott.
Correspondents include: Abigail May Alcott, Amos Bronson Alcott, John Sewall Pratt Alcott, Ariadne Blish, Lydia Maria Francis Child, William Warland Clapp, Mary Mapes Dodge, J.R. Elliott, ed. of Flag of our union; Daniel Sharp Ford, Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, Horace B. Fuller, Laura Hosmer, A.K. Loring, Thomas Niles, William J. Niles, J.R. Osgood, Lydia Dodge Cabot Parker, Elizabeth Palmer Peabody, Anna Alcott Pratt, James Redpath, Sampson Low, Son & Marston, London; Scribner & Company, New York; Tauchitz, publishers, Leipzig; Howard Malcom Ticknor, William Hayes Ward.
There is also correspondence and documents regarding the will and estate of Miss Alcott; and correspondence between John S.P. Alcott and Jessie Bonstelle Stuart regarding the dramatization of Little Women. There are complete manuscripts for many of her short stories; and pages from the following: An Old Fashioned Girl, Daisy's Ball, Jack and Jill, Jo's Boys, and The Pickwick . Printed material includes obituaries of Miss Alcott, and reviews of her works. There are also photographs, a silhouette, and a portrait of Miss Alcott.
Contents List
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"Memorandum of agreement..." 1875 May 31TD copy 1 p.
regarding copyrights of Louisa May Alcott. 6255
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Last will and testament of Louisa May Alcott 1887 July 10TD copy 3 p.
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Last will and testament of Louisa May Alcott 1887 July 10TD copy 4 p.
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Deed for sale of Alcott property 1899 October 12Physical Location: OversizeDS 4 p.
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Trust bond to John S.P. Alcott 1910 April 1DS 4 p.
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Henry Wheeler to Paul R. Blackmur 1910 May 19TLS 1 p.
regarding trust. 6255
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Walter C. Wright to John S.P. Alcott 1910 July 13TL carbon 1 p.
regarding trust. 6255
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Agreement re: rights to dramatization of Little Women 1910 July 25TD 1 p.
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[lawyer] to John S.P. Alcott 1910 July 27TL carbon 2 p.
re: trust. 6255
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Jessie Bonstelle [Stuart] to John [S.P.] Alcott 1910 August 12TLS 1 p.
regarding dramatization rights. 6255
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[John Alcott] to Mrs. Jessie Bonstelle 1910 August 18TL carbon 1 p.
regarding dramatization rights. 6255
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[John Alcott] to Henry Wheeler 1910 August 18TL carbon 2 p.
regarding Louisa May Alcott estate. 6255
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Jessie Bonstelle to John Alcott 1910 August 27TLS with envelope 1 p.
regarding dramatization rights. 6255
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[John Alcott] to Mrs. Jessie Bonstelle 1910 August 29TL carbon 1 p.
regarding dramatization rights. 6255
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[John Alcott] to Jessie Bonstelle 1910 September 1TL carbon 1 p.
regarding dramatization rights. 6255
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Jessie Bonstelle Stuart to John Alcott 1910 September 8TLS 1 p.
regarding dramatization rights. 6255
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Agreement re: dramatization of Little Women 1910 September 10TDS 2 p.
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[John Alcott] to Mrs. Jessie B. Stuart 1910 September 12TL carbon 1 p.
regarding dramatization rights. 6255
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Robert Melville Baker to John P. Alcott 1910 September 13TLS with envelope 1 p.
regarding dramatization rights. 6255
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Agreement regarding dramatization of Little Women 1910 September 20TD carbon 3 p.
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John Alcott to Mrs. Jessie B. Stuart 1910 September 26TL copy 1 p.
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Settlement between J.S.P. Alcott and Louisa May Rasim in regarding estate "questions and controversies" [1910 October 12]TD draft 7 p.
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Settlement between J.S.P. Alcott and Louisa May Rasim in regarding estate "questions and controversies" [1910 October 12]TD carbon 7 p.
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Probate court papers regarding final settlement of Alcott will 1910 October 12-17TDs carbon 29 p.
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p. 1-4 petition of J.S.P. Alcott & Cate VS Louisa May Rasimp. 5-12 settlement of J.S.P Alcott etal and Louisa May Rasimp. 13 Emil F. Rasim power of attorney to join settlementp. 14 James M. Newell as guardian for Pratt childrenp. 15-17 decree of Probate Court of Middlesex County, MAp. 18 Louisa May Rasim receipt of proceeds from estatep. 19 John S.P. Alcott receipt of proceeds from estatep. 20 Jessica L. Pratt receipt of proceeds from estatep. 21 [Louisa M.] Rasim receipt of proceeds from outsidep. 22-27 [James M. Newell] report as Guardian ad litemp. 28-29 agreement to apportion probate taxes - Box-folder 1:25
[lawyer's] list of activities, 1910 March 28-October 17, regarding controversy over will of Louisa May Alcott 1910 October 15TD 7 p.
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Notes and documents regarding Louisa May Alcott estate [1910]AD/TD 24 p.
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p. 1 copy of Louisa May Alcott instructions to "My Dearest Boys"p. 2-3 copy of Louisa May Alcott instructions "My Wishes"p. 4 [Louisa May Alcott estate income], 1905-1909, "J.S.P. Alcott, Trustee"p. 5-6 [J.S.P. Alcott] draft letter re: appointing new trusteep. 7-8 [J.S.P. Alcott] notes "Memo in Louisa May Alcott Estate"p. 9-10 [J.S.P. Alcott] "Memoranda in the Alcott Trust Matter"p. 11-14 inventory of Louisa May Alcott estate (original and attorney's copy)p. 15-24 [Louisa May Alcott] "Trust Estate Inventories," distribution [proposals], and interest income projections
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Abigail May Alcott to Louisa May Alcott 1856 January 8ALS 4 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to [Abigail May Alcott] verso ca. 1864AL fragment 1 p.
clippings regarding Moods, etc. 6255-b
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Abigail May Alcott to Louisa May Alcott 1865 November 29AL fragment 2 p.
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Abigail May Alcott to Louisa May Alcott n.y. November 29ALS 2 p.
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Abigail May Alcott to Louisa May Alcott n.d.ALS 2 p.
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Abigail May Alcott to Louisa May Alcott n.d.AL fragment 2 p.
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A. Bronson Alcott to Louisa May Alcott 1868 February 19ALS 4 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to A. Bronson Alcott 1872 November 29ALS 4 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to A. Bronson Alcott [1872] December 8AL 6 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to A. Bronson Alcott 1875 January 3AL fragment 2 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to A. Bronson Alcott n.y. December 12-13ALS 8 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to John S. Pratt [Alcott] [1887 July 28]ALS with address 2 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to John S. Pratt [Alcott] [1888 January 18]ALS with envelope 2 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to [John S. Pratt Alcott] n.y. January 3ALS 2 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to [John S. Pratt Alcott] n.y. January 30ALS 2 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to John [S. Pratt Alcott] "Monday"ALS 2 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to [John S. Pratt Alcott] n.d.ALS 4 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to John S. Pratt [Alcott] n.d.ALS with address 1 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to [John S. Pratt Alcott] "Thursday"ALS 2 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to [John S. Pratt Alcott] n.d.ALS 2 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to [John S. Pratt Alcott] n.d.ALS 2 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to Mr. Allen n.d.ALS 2 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to Mrs. Atkinson [1886] February 10ALS 2 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to Mrs. Atkinson [1886] February 17ALS 3 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to Geo[rge] A. Bacon n.y. Aprilenv 1 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to Miss Baker n.y. April 2ALS 2 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to Ariadne Blish [1875] October 9ALS with envelope 3 p.
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Ariadne Blish to Louisa May Alcott 1875 October 14ALS 2 p.
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Marion Stevens to Arnold Silverman, regarding preceding letter 1956 May 201 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to Mrs. F. Brown n.d.ALS with address 2 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to Louisa Canfield n.y. November 22APCS 1 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to Mr. Chandler n.y. June 27ALS 3 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to Mr. Chase with transcript n.y. February 17ALS 4 p.
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L. Maria Child to Louisa May Alcott 1878 June 19ALS 4 p.
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W.W. Clapp, Jr. to Louisa May Alcott 1865 January 7ALS 3 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to Miss Clark n.y. July 15ALS 3 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to Mrs. Clement n.y. September 6ALS 4 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to Mrs. Coale n.y. November 1ALS 1 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to L. Clark Davis (photocopy) n.y. June 4ALS with envelope 4 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to Mr. Denny with transcript [1868] December 14ALS with envelope 3 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to Mrs. Devens [1879] November 15ALS with envelope 4 p.
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Mary Mapes Dodge to Louisa May Alcott 1880 January 22ALS 4 p.
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Mary Mapes Dodge to Louisa May Alcott 1882 March 15ALS 6 p.
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Mary Mapes Dodge to Louisa May Alcott 1882 October 18ALS 2 p.
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Mary Mapes Dodge to Louisa May Alcott 1884 January 12ALS 2 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to Mary Mapes Dodge n.y. May 1APCS 1 p.
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Mary Mapes Dodge to Louisa May Alcott n.y. July 24ALS 4 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to Mary Mapes Dodge n.y. August 17AL fragment 4 p.
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J.R. Elliott to Louisa May Alcott 1865 March 25ALS 2 p.
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J.R. Elliott to Louisa May Alcott 1866 August 14ALS 2 p.
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J.R. Elliott to Louisa May Alcott 1866 December 4ALS 2 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to Mr. Farmer 1872 June 17ALS 3 p.
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Dan[iel] L. Ford to Louisa May Alcott 1872 December 28ALS 3 p.
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Dan[iel] L. Ford to Louisa May Alcott 1873 April 30ALS 3 p.
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Dan[iel] L. Ford to Louisa May Alcott 1873 August 14ALS 4 p.
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[Daniel L. Ford] to Louisa May Alcott 1875 January 29AL fragment 4 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to Miss [Ford] n.d.ALS 3 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to Miss F n.d.ALS 1 p.
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Horace B. Fuller account with Louisa May Alcott verso: Louisa May Alcott note 1868 July 13ADS 1 p.
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Horace B. Fuller to Louisa May Alcott 1869 June 16ALS 4 p.
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Horace B. Fuller to Louisa May Alcott 1869 September 6ALS 2 p.
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Horace B. Fuller to Louisa May Alcott 1871 October 24ALS 2 p.
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Horace B. Fuller to [Louisa May Alcott] n.d.ALS 1 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to Mr. Gluck n.y. December 2ALS 2 p.
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Maria Goodapple to Louisa May Alcott 1883 September 26ALS 3 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to [Elizabeth B. Greene] with transcript [1869] April 1ALS 4 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to Miss Halley n.y. December 8ALS 4 p.
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[J.A. Nauschek] to Marsha Heath n.y. November 10Card with envelope 1 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to Abby Hosmer n.y. May 25APCS 1 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to Laura Hosmer [1881 January 12]ALS with envelope 1 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to Laura Hosmer [1881 March 3]ALS with envelope 4 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to Laura Hosmer [1882 December 23]Card with envelope 1 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to Laura Hosmer [1884 February 18]ALS with envelope 2 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to Laura Hosmer [1884 March 27]ALS with envelope 4 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to Laura Hosmer [1885 March 16]ALS with envelope 4 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to Laura Hosmer [1885] August 19ALS with envelope 3 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to Laura Hosmer [1885 September 2]ALS with envelope 1 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to Laura Hosmer [1885] November 29ALS with envelope 4 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to Laura Hosmer [1886 January 29]ALS with envelope 4 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to Laura Hosmer [1886] February 13ALS with envelope 1 p.
with memo regarding date. 6255-b
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Louisa May Alcott to Laura Hosmer [1886 May 2]ALS with envelope 2 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to Laura Hosmer [1886 May 14]ALS with envelope 4 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to Laura Hosmer [1886 May 19]ALS with envelope 4 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to Laura Hosmer [1886 May 25]AL with envelope 2 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to Laura Hosmer [1886] November 30ALS with envelope 4 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to Laura Hosmer [1887] February 3ALS with envelope 3 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to Laura Hosmer [1887] March 6ALS with envelope 4 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to Laura Hosmer 1887 June 1ALS with envelope 2 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to Laura Hosmer [1887] June 9ALS with address 2 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to Laura Hosmer [1887 July 4]ALS with envelope 2 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to Laura Hosmer [1887 July 19]ALS with address 3 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to Laura Hosmer [1887 July] 25ALS with envelope 4 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to Laura Hosmer [1887 August 8]ALS with address 2 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to Laura Hosmer [1887] December 1ALS with envelope 4 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to Laura Hosmer 1888 February 8ALS with envelope 8 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to Laura Hosmer n.y. January 13ALS with envelope 4 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to Laura Hosmer n.y. January 15ALS with envelope 2 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to Laura Hosmer n.y. February 10ALS with envelope 4 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to Laura Hosmer n.y. February 12ALS with envelope 4 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to Laura [Hosmer] n.y. February 18ALS with envelope 4 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to Laura Hosmer n.y. February 20ALS with envelope 4 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to Laura Hosmer n.y. April 22ALS with envelope 4 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to Laura Hosmer n.y. [May 1]ALS with envelope 4 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to Laura Hosmer n.y. [May 11]ALS with envelope 4 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to Laura Hosmer with transcript n.y. [June 17]ALS with envelope 1 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to Laura Hosmer n.y. July 3ALS with envelope 4 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to Laura Hosmer n.y. July 14ALS with envelope 4 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to Laura Hosmer n.y. July 15ALS with envelope 4 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to Laura Hosmer n.y. [July 26]ALS with envelope 4 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to Laura Hosmer n.y. [July] 27ALS with envelope 4 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to Laura Hosmer n.y. July 31ALS with envelope 4 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to Laura Hosmer n.y. August 3ALS with envelope 4 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to Laura Hosmer n.y. September 5ALS with envelope 3 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to Laura Hosmer n.y. September 16ALS with envelope 1 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to Laura Hosmer n.y. October 20ALS with envelope 4 p.
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[Louisa May Alcott] to Laura Hosmer n.y. November 16envelope.
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Louisa May Alcott to Laura Hosmer n.y. November 23ALS with envelope 4 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to Laura Hosmer n.y. [December 8]ALS with envelope 4 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to Laura Hosmer n.y. [December 24]ALS with envelope 4 p.
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Louisa May Alcott and Anna Pratt to Laura Hosmer n.y. December 25ALS 3 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to Laura Hosmer n.d. [?] 15ALS 4 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to Laura Hosmer n.d.ALS with envelope 4 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to Laura Hosmer n.d.ALS with envelope 2 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to Laura Hosmer n.d.ALS with envelope 2 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to Laura Hosmer n.d.ALS with envelope 2 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to Laura Hosmer "Monday"ALS with envelope 4 p.
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Louisa May Alcott and Anna Pratt to Laura Hosmer "Tuesday"ALS 4 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to Laura Hosmer "Tuesday"ALS 2 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to Laura Hosmer "Wednesday"ALS with envelope 3 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to Laura Hosmer "Friday"ALS 2 p.
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- Box-folder 2:156
James N. Hyde to Boston Commonwealth regarding hospital name in Sketches 1865 July 3ALS 1 p.
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- Box-folder 2:157
"Joe" to Louisa May Alcott 1877 November 28ALS 4 p.
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- Box-folder 2:158
Editor of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper to Louisa May Alcott 1863ALS 1 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to Mrs. Livermore 1876 November 22ALS 2 p.
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A.K. Loring to Louisa May Alcott 1864 September 30ALS 7 p.
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A.K. Loring to Louisa May Alcott 1864 October 24ALS 4 p.
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- Box-folder 2:162
A.K. Loring to Louisa May Alcott [1864]ALS 7 p.
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A.K. Loring to Louisa May Alcott 1881 August 19ALS 1 p.
regarding Moods rights with enclosures 1867-1872. 6255-b
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A.K. Loring to Louisa May Alcott n.y. March 30ALS 3 p.
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A.K. Loring to Louisa May Alcott n.y. [Dec 24]ALS 4 p.
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A.K. Loring to Louisa May Alcott n.d.ALS 1 p.
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A.K. Loring to Louisa May Alcott n.d.ALS 1 p.
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A.K. Loring to Louisa May Alcott "Sunday"ALS 1 p.
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A.K. Loring to Louisa May Alcott "Friday"ALS 4 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to "Lou" [1887 December -]ALS 4 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to [Grace] Moshier n.y. April 6ALS 4 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to [Grace] Moshier n.y. October 12ALS with envelope 4 p.
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- Box-folder 2:173
Louisa May Alcott to Miss Murdock [1887] November 15ALS with envelope 4 p.
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- Box-folder 2:174
E. Nieriker to Louisa May Alcott 1884 September 15ALS 1 p.
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- Box-folder 2:175
T. Niles to Louisa May Alcott 1870 January 12ALS 2 p.
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T. Niles to Louisa May Alcott 1870 February 17ALS 3 p.
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T. Niles to Louisa May Alcott 1876 April 3ALS 3 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to T. Niles [1886] October 3ALS 4 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to T. Niles [1887 June 23]ALS 3 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to T. Niles n.d.ALS 3 p.
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W[illiam] J. Niles to Louisa May Alcott 1870 May 31ALS 4 p.
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W[illiam] J. Niles to Louisa May Alcott 1871 March 3ALS 2 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to Mrs. Norcross with photo of Louisa May Alcott n.y. October 14ALS 2 p.
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Christmas card: Louisa May Alcott to S.N. n.y. [December]Card 1 p.
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- Box-folder 2:185
J.R. Osgood to Louisa May Alcott 1869 October 13ALS 2 p.
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- Box-folder 2:186
L.D. Parker to Louisa May Alcott 1865 February 13ALS 4 p.
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- Box-folder 2:187
Elizabeth P. Peabody to Anna Pratt [1888 March 8]ALS with address 2 p.
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- Box-folder 2:188
Elizabeth P. Peabody to Louisa May Alcott n.d.ALS 4 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to Mr. Plummer n.d.ALS 2 p.
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Emilie Poulsson to Louisa May Alcott 1882 February 24ALS 3 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to "N" [Anna Alcott Pratt] [1888]ALS 4 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to Mrs. [Anna Alcott] Pratt n.y. March 20ALS 1 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to "Nan" [Anna Alcott Pratt] n.y. November 29ALS 4 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to "Nan" [Anna Alcott Pratt] n.d.ALS 2 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to "Nanny" [Anna Alcott Pratt] n.d.AL 8 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to Mrs. Raymond n.d.ALS 4 p.
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James Redpath to Louisa May Alcott with memorandum 1863 June 26ALS 4 p.
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James Redpath to Louisa May Alcott 1863 August 8AL fragment 2 p.
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James Redpath to Louisa May Alcott 1863 December 1ALS 2 p.
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James Redpath to Louisa May Alcott 1864 January 23ALS 2 p.
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- Box-folder 2:201
James Redpath to Louisa May Alcott n.y. August 13ALS 2 p.
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- Box-folder 2:202
Louisa May Alcott to Miss Richards n.d.ALS 2 p.
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- Box-folder 2:203
F.M. Rockwell to Louisa May Alcott 1874 March 31ALS 1 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to Mr. [Ropes] [1885] September 25ALS 1 p.
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- Box-folder 2:206
Louisa May Alcott to Miss Russel n.y. July 13ALS 1 p.
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- Box-folder 2:207
Louisa May Alcott with Sampson Low, Son & Marston 1872 May 31AD acct 7 p.
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- Box-folder 2:208
Sampson Low, Son & Marston to Louisa May Alcott 1879 December 30ALS 3 p.
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- Box-folder 2:209
Louisa May Alcott to Scribner & Co. with transcript [1877] December 2ALS 4 p.
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- Box-folder 2:210
Louisa May Alcott to Scribner & Co. with transcript n.y. December 10ALS 4 p.
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- Box-folder 2:211
Louisa May Alcott to Scribner & Co. n.d.AL draft 3 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to Scribner & Co. n.d.AL draft 3 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to Miss Seymour with PS by her mother n.y. September 21ALS 4 p.
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- Box-folder 2:214
Benj[amin] G. Smith to Louisa May Alcott 1867 June 13ALS 2 p.
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Benj[amin] G. Smith to Louisa May Alcott 1869 April 29ALS 1 p.
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- Box-folder 2:216
Tauchnitz to Louisa May Alcott 1878 November 28ALS 4 p.
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- Box-folder 2:217
Tauchnitz, Jr. to Louisa May Alcott 1882 November 13ALS 4 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to Tauchnitz n.d.AL copy 3 p.
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- Box-folder 2:219
H[oward] M. Ticknor to Louisa May Alcott 1861 December 7ALS 3 p.
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H[oward] M. Ticknor to Louisa May Alcott 1861 December 10ALS 2 p.
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- Box-folder 2:221
Ticknor & Fields to Louisa May Alcott 1863 August 25ALS 1 p.
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- Box-folder 2:222
Howard M. Ticknor to Louisa May Alcott 1863 September 4ALS 3 p.
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H[oward] M. Ticknor to Louisa May Alcott 1865 June 21ALS 1 p.
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H[oward] M. Ticknor to Louisa May Alcott 1865 July 13ALS 1 p.
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H[oward] M. Ticknor to Louisa May Alcott 1866 September 7ALS 2 p.
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H[oward] M. Ticknor to Louisa May Alcott 1867 June 12ALS 3 p.
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- Box-folder 2:227
Louisa May Alcott receipt to Ticknor & Fields 1867 June 15ADS 1 p.
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- Box-folder 2:228
G.M. Towle to Louisa May Alcott 1872 January [18]ALS 1 p.
with Louisa May Alcott draft on verso. 6255-b
- Box-folder 2:229
William Hayes Ward to Louisa May Alcott 1874 March 12ALS 2 p.
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- Box-folder 2:230
Louisa May Alcott to Mrs. Waters [1887] December 7ALS 2 p.
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- Box-folder 3:231
Louisa May Alcott to Mrs. Wendte "Friday"ALS 4 p.
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- Box-folder 3:232
Louisa May Alcott to "Dear Old Friend" with transcript [1877] December 16ALS 4 p.
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- Box-folder 3:233
Louisa May Alcott to "Dear Sir" n.y. January 24ALS 1 p.
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- Box-folder 3:234
Louisa May Alcott to "Gentlemen" n.y. April 30ALS 3 p.
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- Box-folder 3:235
Louisa May Alcott to [ ? ] n.y. December 1AN 1 p.
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- Box-folder 3:236
Louisa May Alcott to "Dear Neighbor" n.d.ALS 3 p.
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- Box-folder 3:237
Louisa May Alcott to [ ? ] n.d.ALS fragment 2 p.
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Louisa May Alcott to [ ? ] n.d.ANS 1 p.
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- Box-folder 3:239
Louisa May Alcott to "Dear Sir" n.d.ALS 4 p.
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- Box-folder 3:240
10 lines, [regarding "Christie"] n.d.AMs fragment 1 p.
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- Box-folder 3:241
8 lines, "For Baby"s eldest babe..." n.d.AMs & auto. 1 p.
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Daisy's Ball, page 1 from Chap IX verso 1870AMs 1 p.
1878 May 14 presentation note. 6255-c
- Box-folder 3:243
poem: "My Laura" 1878 August 26AMsS 3 p.
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poem [to T. Niles] 1885 January 1AMsS 1 p.
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Jack and Jill, Chap 1, p. 2 n.d.AMs fragment 1 p.
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Jack and Jill, Chap 1, p. 10 n.d.AMs fragment 1 p.
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Jack and Jill, Chap 1, p. 14 & fragment n.d.AMs fragment 1 p.
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Jack and Jill, Chap 6, p. 91 n.d.AMs fragment 1 p.
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Jack and Jill, Chap 6, p. 95 n.d.AMs fragment 1 p.
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Jack and Jill, Chap 6, p. 97 n.d.AMs fragment 1 p.
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Jack and Jill, Chap 7, p. 98-100, 104-115 n.d.AMs fragment 15 p.
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Jack and Jill, Chap 8, p. 121 n.d.AMs fragment 1 p.
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Jack and Jill, Chap 8, p. 124 n.d.AMs fragment 1 p.
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Jack and Jill, Chap 9, p. 169-182 1880 MayAMs fragment 14 p. with typescript copy, 10 p.
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Jack and Jill, Chap 13 p. 203-222 1880 JuneAMs fragment 20 p. with typescript copy, 15 p.
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Jack and Jill, p. 231 n.d.AMs fragment 1 p. and transcript p. 231-232, 1 p.
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Jack and Jill, p. 250 n.d.AMs fragment 1 p.
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Jack and Jill, Chap 15, p. 254 n.d.AMs fragment 1 p.
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Jo's Boys n.d.AMs fragment 1 p.
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"Lucian" with "An Apostrophe to Truth" with transcript and notes 1848 February 8 and June 11AMs 8 p.
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- Box-folder 3:261
Notes regarding Dr. Bartol's sermon on Abba Alcott n.d.AMs 2 p.
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- Box-folder 3:262
Old Fashioned Girl, with miscellaneous fragments n.d.AMs 6 p.
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- Box-folder 3:263
The Pickwick, No. I n.y. September 28AMs 4 p.
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The Pickwick, No. II n.y. October 5AMs 4 p.
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The Pickwick, No. III n.y. October 12AMsS 4 p.
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"A Song to be Sung to the Tune of 'Polly Put the Kettle On'" or "My Laura," with transcript 1880 August 26AMs 2 p.
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Spinning Wheel Stories, p. 1-45, [Story I: "Grandma's Story"] n.d.AMs 45 p.
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Spinning Wheel Stories, p. 46-90, [Story II: "Tabby's Tablecloth"] n.d.AMs 45 p.
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Spinning Wheel Stories, p. 91-137, [Story III: "Eli's Education"] [1884]AMs 47 p.
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Spinning Wheel Stories, p. 1-47, "Little Things" n.d.AMs 47 p.
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poem: "To Jack" n.d.AMs 1 p.
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- Box-folder 3:270
"Two Little Travelers" n.d.AMsS 17 p.
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- Box-folder 3:271
[unidentified, regarding postal stamps] n.d.AMs 1 p.
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- Box-folder 3:272
quotations from various sources n.d.AMs 2 p.
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Photograph of Louisa May Alcott - see also item 183
- Box-folder 3:273
"Alcott House" with Louisa May Alcott portrait inset n.d.postcard
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- Box-folder 3:274
"Orchard House, Home of the Alcotts..." n.d.postcard.
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- Box-folder 3:275
4 views of Orchard House n.d.photographs.
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- Box-folder 3:276
"Wayside, the Home of Hawthorne" n.d.postcard
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- Box-folder 3:277
view of Wayside n.d.photograph.
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- Box-folder 3:278
John Sewell Pratt Alcott, with bicycle n.d.photograph
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- Box-folder 3:279
Louisa May Alcott, left profile, from Sanborn photograph n.d.book illus.
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- Box-folder 3:280
Louisa May Alcott, seated, by Norman, Boston n.d.photograph.
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- Box-folder 3:281
Louisa May Alcott, left profile, Walton Ricketson, sculp. n.d.etching 2 copies.
6255-b (9521-h)
- Box-folder 3:282
Louisa May Alcott, autographed 1865silhouette.
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- Box-folder 3:283
Louisa May Alcott, bust, Allen, Boston n.d.photographs, 2 copies.
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- Box-folder 3:284
Louisa May Alcott, seated, with letter n.d., n.y. June 12photograph.
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Louisa May Alcott, by S.W. Rowse n.d.portrait.
presented to the Louisa M. Alcott Club by The Mothers, 1905 March 23. 6255
- Box-folder 3:286
Illustration for Little Women n.d.photograph.
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- Box-folder 3:287
5 illustrations from Moods n.d.book illus.
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Cabinet photograph of Louisa May Alcott, seated and holding a book, by A. Munroe, Concord, Mass. [ca. 1880]photograph.
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Mimeographed list of Beatrice Gunn's Alcott Collection n.d.TM copy 21 p.
6255-b
- Box-folder 3:290
Notice regarding "Bertha" and early works ca. 1850printed.
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- Box-folder 3:291
Reviews of Hospital Sketches 1863-1869printed.
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- Box-folder 3:292
Reviews of Moods (see also item 28) ca. 1864printed.
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- Box-folder 3:293
Reviews of Morning Glories ca. 1867printed.
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- Box-folder 3:294
Louisa May Alcott expense account for Concord Sketches 1870 February 11AD 2 p.
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- Box-folder 3:295
Reviews of An Old Fashioned Girl ca. 1870printed.
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- Box-folder 3:296
Reviews of Little Men ca. 1871printed.
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- Box-folder 3:297
Reviews of Little Women n.d.printed.
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- Box-folder 3:298
Reviews of A Modern Mephistopheles ca. 1877printed.
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- Box-folder 3:299
Louisa May Alcott list of shares 1881AD 6 p.
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- Box-folder 3:300
Obituaries of Louisa May Alcott 1888AMs/printed
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- Box-folder 3:301
"In Memory of Louisa May Alcott by her friend, Anna Ricketson" 1888 April 29TM copy 13 p.
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- Box-folder 3:302
"The Copyright Law..." 1909Pamphlet 40 p.
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Miscellaneous clippings and articles n.d.printed.
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"L.M. Alcott" with photocopy n.d.autograph.
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