Lydia Maria Child, Letters of Lydia Maria Child
John Greenleaf Whittier, Wendell Phillips, Harriet Winslow Sewall, Ed.

Index.

A.

Adams, John Quincy, indebted to Mr. Child for facts on the Texas question, VIII.; maintains the right to proclaim emancipation in war time, 151.

Adams, Samuel, Miss Whitney's statue of, 257.

Advertisements of fugitive slaves, 128, 129.

Alcott, A. Bronson, and family, 239.

Allen, Mr., of Alabama, testifies to horrors of slavery, 131.

Allyn, Rev. Dr., letter to, 9.

American Anti-Slavery Society, formation of, VIII.

American Missionary Association, refuses to circulate Mrs. Child's “Freedmen's book,” 201.

Andrews, William P., sonnet to Mrs. Child, XXIII.

“An English governess at the Siamese Court,” 210.

Animals, the treatment of, 214.

Anti-Slavery Society (Mass.), annual meeting of, mobbed, 148-150.

“Appeal in behalf of that Class of Americans called Africans,” by Mrs. Child, IX., 48, 195.

Armstrong, General, and Hampton Institute, 241.

Arnold, Edwin, 257.

“Aspirations of the world,” by Mrs, Child, XIX., 246.

“Aurora Leigh,” by Mrs. Browning, 87, 197.

“Autobiography of a female slave,” 90, 132.

B.

Beecher, Henry Ward, magnetic power of, 193; defends the Chinese, 251.

Beethoven's music contrasted with Mendelssohn's, 76.

Benson, Edmund, 89.

Berrien, John McP., U. S. Senator, anecdote of, 179.

Bettine and Goethe, 50, 51.

Bible, anti-slavery texts from, 123-125.

Bishop, Madame Anna, 140.

Bleby, Rev., Henry, 134.

Boston Athenaeum, privileges of, given to, and withdrawn from, Mrs. Child, 195, 264.

Boutwell, George S , speech of, 168.

Bremer, Fredrika, meets Mrs. Child, 65; relates anecdote of Jenny Lind, 66; her estimation of Lowell and Emerson, 66.

Brisbane, Mr., 51.

“ Broken Lights,” by Miss Cobbe, 184.

Brooks, Governor, v.

Brown, John, letter of Mrs. Child to, 118; his reply, 119; martyrdom of, 137.

Browning's (Mrs.) “Aurora Leigh,” 87.

Bryant, William C., writes to Mrs. Child, 186.

Buckle's “History of civilization,” 99.

Buddha, 257.

Burns, Anthony, returned to slavery from Boston, 72.

C.

Carpenter, Joseph, letters to, 41, 68.

Cassimir, a nephew of Kossuth, 162.

Chadwick, John W., 242.

Channing, William Ellery, discusses the anti-slavery movement with Mrs.

Child, 24; letters of, to Mrs. Child, 44, 45; Mrs. Child's reminiscences of, 48; influenced by Mrs. Child's “Appeal,” 77; her imagination of him in the spiritual world, 144.

Channing, William H., 188, 257.

Chicago Tribune has biographical sketch of Mrs. Child, 201.

Chapman, Maria Weston, 19, 147.

Child, letter to a, 36.

Child, David Lee, biographical sketch of, VIII.; first meet Miss Francis, 8; his marriage, 10: letters to, from his wife, 10, 82, 86, 88, 96; his domestic happiness, XVI.; his death, XIX,, 229; Mrs. Child's reminiscences of, XVI.

Child, Lydia Maria, publishes her “Appeal” in behalf of the colored people, IX.; her consequent unpopularity, IX.; an advocate of individual freedom, 12; describes pro-slavery excitement in New York, 15; indifference to literary success, 21; on the prejudice against color among Friends, 23; converses with Dr. Channing on the anti-slavery movement, 24; hears Angelina Grimke speak, 26; life in Northampton, 29-41 ; discussions with slave-holders, 30; abusive letters [276] to, from Southerners, 41; edits the “Standard,” in New York, 42 ; lives with Isaac T. Hopper's family; 48 ; interest in New Church doctrines, 43; letters of Dr. Channing to, 44, 45; her reminiscences of Dr. Channing, 48: life in New York, 50-60 ; characterization of, by Rev. Mr. Kent, 55; interview with Dr. Palfrey, 56: reads Emerson's e-says, 57; her admiration of Domenichino's “Cumaean Sibyl,” 57; has a birthday celebration, 59; her views on a salaried priesthood, 61; reads the “Countess of Rudolstaat,” 62; dislikes letters of introduction, 63; her enjoyment of music, 64; at work on “The progress of Religious Ideas,” 65; meets Fredrika Bremer, 65; makes her will, 74; passes through strange spiritual experiences, 74, 75; spends a lonely winter at Wayland, 75; prefers Mendelssohn:s music to Beethoven's, and Raphael's works to Michael Angelo's, 76; her labor in writing “The progress of Religious Ideas,” 78; her interest in the Fremont campaign and Kansas conflict, 79, 80: working for the Kansas emigrants, 83; writes a Free Soil song, 83; death of her father, 87; interviews with Charles Sumner and Henry Wilson, 88; her low estimate of worldly rank, 89 ; corresponds with Miss Mattie Griffith, 89: meets David A. Wasson, 91; her grief at Ellis Gray Loring's death, 95; meets J. G. Whittier, 97; her indebtedness to her brother, 98; her delight in works of art and in nature, 98, 99; reads Buckle's “History of civilization,” 99; lines in memory of Ellis Gray Loring, 101; correspondence with John Brown, Governor Wise, and Mrs. Mason, 103-137: attends prayer-meeting of colored people, 13 ; reads F. W. Newman's books, 139 ; reads “Counterparts,” 140; visit to Whittier, 141; discusses a future state of existence, 143; attends an anti-slavery festival, 147; describes a mob at an antislavery meeting, 148, 149; denounces the return of fugitive slaves by U. S. troops, 150; her thoughts absorbed by the war, 153; meets old friends at the Anti-Slavery office, 155 ; visits at Mr. Sewall's, 156; her dread of a war with England, 163; reads “John Brent,” 164; donations for the “contrabands,” 165; working for the Kansas troops, 168: metaphysics her aversion, 169 ; her active winter life at Wayland, 170; her feelings about the Emancipation Proclamation, 171; death of her brother, 172; her indebtedness to him, 173; her sorrow at Colonel Shaw's death, 176; partial destruction of her house by fire, 177; reads Weiss's “Life of Parker,” 179; meets George Thompson, 181; her happiness over Lincoln's reflection, 183; success of her “Looking towards Sunset,” 185; her enjoyment of winter scenery, 191; publishes “The freedmen's book,” 192: her “Right way the Safe way,” 192; on novels and sermons, 192, 193: not a loser, but a gainer, by her adherence to the anti-slavery cause, 194; her first meeting with Mr. Garrison, 195; the privileges of the Boston Athenaeum given to, and withdrawn from, her, 195, 264 ; cultivates cheerfulness, 196 ; reads the “Spanish Gypsy,” 197; her sixty-seventh birthday, 198; on Fourier and. the labor question, 199; her jubilation over Grant's election, 200; reads Taine's papers on art, 200 ; her “Freedmen's book” and the American Missionary Association, 201; her aversion to newspaper publicity, 201; her judgment of George Sand, 205; lines to George Thompson, 206; her appeal to Mr. Sumner in behalf of the rights of women, 208; on Grant's reflection, 213; on the treatment of animals, 214; on the Indian question, XX., 218-221; in favor of the prohibitory law, 221; reads Mrs. Somerville's Life, and Mill's Autobiography, 222, and “A princess of Thule,” 223; her grief at Charles Sumner's death, 224; her reformation of a drunkard, 227; her views on “Sex in education,” 229; her loneliness after her husband's death, 230; passes the winter at Staten Island, 231; Christmas in New York, 232; returns to Wayland, 233; investigates “spirit photography,” 234; visits the Alcotts at Concord, 239; on the equality of the sexes, 243 ; reads Renan's “Life of Jesus,” 245; publishes “Aspirations of the world,” 247; her reminiscences of George Thompson, 248; her views on the Chinese question, 251; speculations on a future life, 252; on the death of Mr. Garrison, 2,54, 255; reads “The light of Asia,” 257; reminiscences of anti-slavery days, 258; her interest in Garfield's election, 260; her last days, 261; reminiscences of, XXI. ; Mr. Phillips's remarks at her funeral, 263; Whittier's poem to her memory, 269.

Chinese in America, agitation against the, 251.

Choate, Rufus, employed to defend the slave child, Med, 20.

Christianity an accretion of all the antecedent religious aspirations of mankind, 202.

“ Christian Register,” The, 194, 201.

“Church of the future,” The, by Miss Cobbe, 184.

Clarke, Edward H., M. D., on “Sex in education,” 229. [277]

Clarke, James Freeman, addresses an anti-slavery meeting, 149; Mr. Garrison's letter to, 243.

Cobbe, Frances Power, her “Broken lights,” and “Church of the future,” 184.

Colored people of Boston commemorate John Brown's death, 137.

Constantine, the Emperor, his conversion to Christianity, 187.

Constitution, U. S., passage of 13th Amendment to, 188.

“Contrabands,” anecdotes of the, 158: donations for, 165.

Conway, Martin F., of Kansas, 168.

Correggio's “Diana,” Toschi's engraving of, 70.

“Countess of Rudolstaat,” The, a novel, 62.

Crawford, Mr., of London, 12.

“ Cumaean Sibyl,” by Domenichino, 57.

Curtis, George William, 79: oration of, 85 ; conducts Sunday services, 233; letter on caucus dictation, 252.

D.

De Stael, Madame, 247.

Devens, Charles, redeems Thomas Sims from slavery, 189.

Domenichino's “Cumaean Sibyl,” 57.

Douglass, Frederick, 259.

Draft riots of 1863 in New York, 178.

Dresel, Mrs., Anna Loring, letter to, 191.

Dresser, Amos, publicly flogged at Nashville, Tenn., 184.

Dwight, John S., 29, 37, 50.

E.

Education of women in Egypt and India, the, 212, 213.

Elssler, Fanny, 385.

Emancipation Proclamation, 171.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo, attitude of the Unitarians towards, 34; sends Mrs. Child his Essays, 57; speaks at a mobbed anti-slavery meeting, 149.

Emerson and the Sphinx, 247.

“Eminent women of the age,” VI.

Equality of the sexes, 243-245.

F.

Faneuil Hall, meeting at, in behalf of Anthony Burns, 73.

“Fingal's Cave,” Mendelssohn's overture of, 223.

Foote, Henry S., U. S. Senator, 179.

Fortress Monroe, fugitive slaves at, 150, 151.

Forten, R. R., 184.

Fort Pickens (Florida), fugitive slaves returned from, by U. S. officers, 150.

Fort Wagner, the attack on, 236; the grave of Colonel Shaw at, 238.

Fourier, Francois Charles Marie, 199.

Francis, Miss A. B., letters to, 231, 251, 258.

Francis, Convers, aids and encourages his sister, v.,VI.,1; letters to l,2,4, 5, 6, 7, 12,16, 17, 29, 33. 39, 40, 50, 58, 63, 64, 65, 74, 89, 98; on the death of his wife, 163; death of, 172.

Francis, Lydia Maria, birth of, v.; her first schooling, v., VI.; ambitious to write a novel, VI.; reads “Paradise lost,” 1, 2; “Guy Mannering,” 2;

Gibbon's “Roman Empire,” 4; “Shakespeare,” 4; “The Spectator,” 5; Johnson her favorite writer, 5; takes a school in Gardiner, Me., 5; her opinion of Byron, 7: discusses Paley's system, 7; her early literary successes, VII., 10; first meets Mr. Child, 8; her marriage, 10.

“Freedmen's book,” The, by Mrs. Child, 192, 201.

Free Religious Association, meeting of the, 239.

Fremont, John C., 79: his emancipation proclamation, 162.

Friends, the, degeneracy of, 22, 28.

Frothingham, Rev. O. B., 232.

“Frugal Housewife,” The, VII.

Fugitive slaves, advertisements of, 128, 129; returned by U. S. troops, 149,150,

Furness, Rev. William It., 81.

Future life, speculations on the, 252

G.

Garrison, William Lloyd, interests Mr. and Mrs. Child in the slavery question, VIII, 23; favors the dissolution of the Anti-Slavery Society, 190; his first interview with Mrs. Child, 195; mobbed in Boston streets, 235; letter to J. F. Clarke, 243 ; defends the Chinese, 251; the tributes to, on his death, 254; his belief in continued existence, 254; his influence on Mrs. Child's life, 255.

Gay, Mrs. S. II., 177.

Gibbons, James S., house of, gutted by rioters, 178.

Giles, Governor, message of, to Virginia Legislature, 132.

“Girl's book.” The, VII.

Goethe and Bettine, 50, 51,

Grant's (President U. S.) election, 199; reelection, 213; his Indian policy, 220.

Griffith, Miss, Mattie, emancipates her slaves, 89-91; her “Autobiography of a female slave,” 90, 132.

Grimke, Angelina, addresses a committee of the 1;Massachusetts Legislature, 26; her testimony against slavery, 130.

Grimke, Sarah M., her testimony against slavery, 129.

H.

Hedrick. Professor, expelled from North Carolina, 108.

Henry the Eighth and the Protestant reformation, 187. [278]

Heyrick, Elizabeth, promulgates the doctrine of “Immediate Emancipation,” 23.

Higginson, T. W., his biographical account of Mrs. Child, VI., XIII.; sermon to the people of Lawrence, Kans., 84; speech at an anti-slavery meeting, 149.

Hincks, Governor, of the West Indies, 134.

“History of women,” VII.

Hoar, Samuel, expelled from South Carolina, 108.

“Hobomok,” Mrs. Child's first story, VII.

Hopper, Isaac T., 43; Mrs. Child's Life of, XIII.

Hosmer, Harriet, 68.

Hovey, Charles F., 82.

I.

J.

Jackson, General, Andrew, and the Seminole War, 219.

Jackson, Francis, 260.

Jay, John, 188.

Jefferson, Thomas, testimony of against slavery, 133.

“John Brent,” by Theodore Winthrop, 164.

“John Brown Song,” the, 157.

Johnson, Andrew, speech of, at Nashville, 184.

Johnson, Oliver, 232.

Johnson, Rev., Samuel, 96, 214.

Julian, George W., letter to, 187.

“Juvenile Miscellany,” VII., 10, 256.

K.

King, Miss Augusta, letters to, 37, 52, 56.

L.

Lafayette's observation of the change in color of the slaves in Virginia, 126.

Laws of the Slave States, against intermarriage, 126; against negro testimony, 126; in regard to punishment of slaves, 127; by which the master appropriated a slave's earnings, 128; prohibiting education of the blacks, 128.

Leonowens, Mrs. A. H., her book on Siam, 210, 216.

“ Letters from New York,” Mrs. Child's, XI., 45.

“ Light of Asia,” The, 257.

Lincoln, President, faith of the slaves in, 150; reflection of, 183.

Lind, Jenny, anecdote of, 63.

“ Linda,” the author of, 204.

Lives of Madame Roland and Baroness de Stael, by Mrs. Child, XI.

Livingstone, Dr., and Stanley, 221.

“Looking towards Sunset,” by Mrs. Child, success of, 185.

Loring, Miss, Anna, letters to, 53, 94.

Loring, Ellis Gray, 21; letters to, 43, 65, 74; death of, 95; lines by Mrs. Child in memory of, 101.

Loring, Mrs., Ellis Gray, letters to, 15, 28, 62.

Lowell, J. R., tribute to Mrs. Child in his “Fable for critics,” XIV., XVIII.; Fredrika Bremer's estimate of, 66.

M.

Married Women “dead in the law,” 74

Martineau, Harriet, anecdote of, 19 ; her letter to the “Standard,” 167.

Maryland, emancipation in, 184.

Mason, Mrs. M. J. C., letter of, to Mrs. Child, 120; Mrs. Child's reply to, 123.

Mason and Slidell, capture of, 162.

Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society, annual meeting of mobbed, 148-150.

“Massachusetts Journal,” the, VIII.

May, Rev., Samuel, 72.

May, Rev. Samuel J., commends Mrs Chill's “Progress of Religious Ideas,” 77; meets Mrs. Child, 156; letters to, 192, 194; his “Recollections of our Anti-slavery conflict,” 194; death of, 212; reminiscence of, 249.

Med, the slave-child, case of, 20.

Mendelssohn and Beethoven, their music contrasted, 76.

Mexico, the plot against denounced by Mr. Child, VIII.

Michael Angelo and Raphael, 76.

Mill's (John Stuart) Autobiography, 222.

Milmore's (Martin) bust of Charles Sumner. 187.

Minute Man at Concord, the, 257.

Missouri Compromise, efforts to repeal the, 70.

Mobbing of the anti-slavery meetings, 148-150.

Modocs, persecution of the, 220; their assault on the Peace Commissioners, 221.

Montgomery, Col., James, 161,162.

Morse, Professor, on Japan, 246.

“ Mother's Book,” The, VII.

Muller's (Max) “Science of language,” 201.

N.

“Negro Boat Song,” by Whittier, 159.

“New chapter of Christian evidences,” in the “Atlantic monthly, 202.”

New Church doctrines, Mrs. Child's interest in, 43.

New England Anti-Slavery Society, formation of the, VIII.

Newman's (Francis W.) works on “The soul,” and “Phases of faith,” 139.

New York draft riots of 1863, 178.

“ North American Review” praises Mrs Child, VII.

Novels and Sermons, comparative value of, 192.

O.

“Oriental Religions,” by Samuel Johnson, 214.

Osceola, the Seminole chief, 219.

Osgood, Miss, Lucy, letters to, 61, 76, 80, 81, 84, 89, 91, 95, 99, 139, 143, 162, 169, 174, 179, 185, 188, 192, 200, 203, 204, 209, 211, 212, 214.

P.

Palfrey, John G. D. D., liberates the slaves bequeathed to him, 56; influenced by Mrs. Child's “Appeal,” 77.

Parker, Theodore, his first return from Europe, 57; farewell note to Mrs.

Child, 139; Weiss's biography of, 179; magnetic power of, 191.

Parsons, Mrs. S. M., letters to, 137, 229, 242, 243.

Paul, the Apostle, 201,202.

Personal Liberty Bill of Massachusetts, effort to repeal the, 145.

Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart, 229.

Phillips, Wendell, confronts a mob, 147-149; defends the Chinese, 251; tribute of, at Garrison's funeral, 254; his remarks at Mrs. Child's funeral, 263.

“Philothea,” by Mrs. Child, XI., 21.

Pierce, Mrs. E. C,, letter to, 42.

Pierce, Senator, of Maryland, on “Uncle Tom's Cabin,” 69.

Pocasset tragedy, the, 254.

“Princess of Thule,” A, by William Black, 223.

“Progress of Religious Ideas,” The, by Mrs. Child, XII., 65, 77, 265.

“Progressive friends,” meeting of the, 81.

Prohibitory law, aim and effect of the, 222.

Protestant reformation, the, helped on by base agents, 187.

Protestant reformation in England, the, 32.

Q.

R.

Raphael and Michael Angelo, 76.

“Rejected Stone,” The, by M. D. Conway, 160.

Renan's “Life of Jesus,” 245.

“Richmond Enquirer,” the, on the subserviency of the North, 73.

Ripley, George, 22.

“Romance of the Republic,” A, by Mrs. Child, XIX.

Rothschilds, the, compel the Emperor of Austria to repeal oppressive laws against the Jews, 141.

Russell, Mrs. S. S., letters to, 246, 262.

S.

Sargent, Miss, Henrietta, letters to, 24, 31, 54, 153, 156, 168, 206.

Savage, Rev. Minot J., 245.

Scudder, Miss, Eliza, letters to, 174, 180, 182, 183, 196; her verses to Mrs. Child, 175.

Sears, Rev. E. H., 92.

Searle, Miss, Lucy, letters to, 152, 155, 166, 167, 170.

Seminole war, origin of the, 218.

Sewall, Samuel E., letters to, 143, 232; Mrs. Child visits, 156.

Sewall, Mrs. S. E., letters to, 197,234, 254, 257.

“Sex in education,” by Dr. E. H Clarke, 229.

Shaw, Miss, Sarah, letter to, 12.

Shaw, Francis G., letters to, 30, 35, 37, 62, 70, 165, 177, 198, 205, 216, 218, 261.

Shaw, Hon., Lemuel, letter to, 145.

Shaw, Colonel Robert G., 172, 173, 235; death of, 176; proposed statue of, 190; sword of rescued, 236; opposed to burning of Darien, 237 ; his grave at Fort Wagner, 238: Whittier's tribute to, 240.

Shan, Mrs. S. B., letters to, 68, 75, 78, 85, 87, 93, 98, 140, 141, 144, 147, 150, 164, 171, 172, 176, 180, 189, 190, 195, 199, 213, 218, 222, 224, 226, 229, 233, 239. 240, 241,245, 246, 252,258.

Sheridan's (Phil.) barbarities toward the Indians, 220.

Siam, abolition of slavery in, 216.

Silsbee, Mrs., Nathaniel, letters to, 59, 67.

Sims, Thomas, the fugitive slave, 144; his ransom secured by Mrs. Child, 145, 189.

Slaves, cruelties to, 126-132.

Smith, Gerrit, makes an anti-slavery speech in Congress, 70; his regard for Mrs. Child, 166.

Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, 213.

Somerville, Mary, Life of, 222.

“ Spanish Gypsy,” The, 197.

Sphinx, the Egyptian, 71.

Spirit-photography, 234.

Sprague, Charles, 235.

“Standard,” the “National Anti-slavery,” edited by Mrs. Child, XIII., 43; letter to, 163.

Stowe, Harriet Beecher, and “Uncle Tom's Cabin,” 69.

Suffrage for women, appeal to Mr. Sumner in behalf of, 207.

Sumner, Charles, speaks in Congress against Fugitive Slave Law, 69; influenced by Mrs. Child's “Appeal,” 77; the assault on, 78; calls on Mrs. Child, 88S; his position on the Mason and Slidell case, 163; Milmore's bust of, 187; letters to, 207.

Swedenborg and the New Church, 20（2.

Swedenborg's key of correspondences 75.

T.

Tappan, Arthur, threatened with assassination, 15.

Taylor, Father, anecdote of, 213.

Texas question, J. Q. Adams's speeches on, VIII.

“The rebels; a Tale of the Revolution,” VII.

“The right way the Safe way,” by Mrs. Child, 192.

“The world that I am passing through,” by Mrs. Child, x.

Thirteenth Amendment to U. S. Constitution, passage of, 188.

Thome, James A., denounces slavery, 131.

Thompson, George, threatened with abduction from New York, 15; speaks in the hall of the U. S. House of

Representatives, 180; contrast between his first and last visits to the

United States, 181; his explanation of

England's attitude during the war, 181; lines to, 206; reminiscences of, 248.

Tubinan, Harriet, alias “Moses,” 161.

Tucker, St. George, testimony of, against slavery, 132,

U.

Underwood, John C., expelled from Virginia, 108.

Unitarianism a mere half-way house, 189.

Unitarians, the, and R. W. Emerson, 34; convocation of, at New York, 189.

V.

Victor Hugo's tragedy of John Brown, 173.

W.

War anecdotes, 158, 161, 180, 204.

Wasson, David A.. 80, 91.

Wayland, Mass., Mrs. Child's home in XV.

Webster, Daniel, willing to defend the slave-child Med, 20; statue of, 190; “Ichabod,” 259.

Weiss's (Rev. John) biography of Theodore Parker. 179.

Weld, Angelina Grimke, memorial of, 258.

Weld, Theodore D., letter to, 258.

“ Westminster Review,” The, 202.

White, Maria, 50.

Whitney, Miss, Anne, letters to, 247, 256; her statue of Samuel Adams, 257.

Whittier, John G., biographical sketch of Mrs. Child, v.-xxv., 97; lines to Mrs. Child, on Ellis Gray Loring, 102; annoyed by curiosity-seekers, 142; letters to, 157, 159, 210, 215, 228, 235, 236; on the death of S. J. May, 212; his tribute to Colonel Shaw, 240; lines to Mrs. Child after her death, 269.

Wightman, James M., 149.

Wild, Judge, 20.

Willis, N. P., 58.

Wilson, Henry, 88.

Wise, Gov. Henry A., letter of Mrs. Child to, 103; his reply, 105; Mrs. Child's rejoinder to, 107; speech of, in Congress in 1842, 109. Wright, Elizur, Jr., barricades his door against pro-slavery violence, 16.

“ Woman Question,” the, 208, 243-245.

Woman suffrage, Mrs. Child:s letter to Mr. Sumner on, 207.