Margaret and Henrietta

Sigourney, L. H.

Verlag: American Tract Society, New York, 1852

Beschreibung

Blindstamped black cloth, gilt to spine, 6 x 4 inches, a bit edge-worn. Frontispiece wood engraving of three girls at a piano with tissue guard, 78 pp., variable foxing. A memoir of Margaret and Henrietta Flower, the daughters of Hon. Ebenezer and Ann Flower of Hartford, Connecticut, born 1819 & 1822. They both died of illness in 1834. This is a record of their Christian lives, testimonies and death.Lydia Huntley Sigourney (1791-1865), born in Norwich, Connecticut, "was almost from infancy remarkable for a love a knowledge, and facility in its acquisition. She read with fluency when but three years of age; and at eight she wrote verses which attracted attention among the acquaintances of her family. At the age of nineteen, in company with an intimate friend, Miss Ann Maria Hyde, she established a female school at Norwich, and two years later removed to Hartford, where she also engaged in the duties of instruction. In 1819 she was married to Mr. Charles Sigourney…" Allibone. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9421

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Margaret and Henrietta

Verlag: American Tract Society, New York

Erscheinungsdatum: 1852

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Good