Hubbard, Rodolphus, 112
Hubbell, Rev. Henry, 92–93
Humphrey, Jane, 51, 75
Hunt, Edward Bissell, 64, 81–82, 124, 142, 176
Hunt, Helen Fiske, 64, 81–82, 89, 96, 124, 142, 154, 166–68, 173, 175–76, 180
early years of, see Fiske, Helen
in later years, see Jackson, Helen Hunt
Jackson, Helen Hunt, 198–210, 221, 229
death of, 228
and Higginson, 154, 166–68, 176, 181, 182, 185, 186, 205, 207–8, 228
and Indian tribes, 223–24, 227, 228
Mercy Philbrick’s Choice, 203–4
Ramona, 224, 227–28
urging Emily to publish, 185–88, 199, 202–10, 221, 223, 228
visit with Emily, 181–82, 185–88, 204–7
works published by, 188, 203–4, 205, 223–24, 227–28
see also Fiske, Helen; Hunt, Helen Fiske
Jackson, William Sharpless, 188, 198, 228
Lewes, Mrs. George Henry (George Eliot), 186, 189, 193
Lincoln, Abraham, 83n, 93–94, 139, 156–57, 160
Lord, Judge Otis Phillips, 193, 199, 216–19, 226–27, 233
Lyman, Joseph, 195
Lyon, Mary, 28, 29, 31, 32–33, 35, 37–39, 40–49, 57, 59–60, 88, 105
Mack, David, 7–8, 73
Maher, Margaret, 169
Masque of Poets, A (Roberts Brothers/No Name series), 210, 221, 223
Massachusetts 21st Volunteer Infantry, 177–18, 128
Melville, Herman, 142
Mount Holyoke Female Seminary, 27–44, 48–49, 60, 61, 88
Niles, Thomas Jr., 202–4, 208–10, 221, 222, 223, 228, 235
“No Name” series, 202–4, 207–10
Norcross, Emily, 36, 43, 51, 77
Norcross, Fanny (Frances), 77, 124, 143, 153, 188, 231
Norcross, Joel, 30, 57
Norcross, Lavinia, 10, 23, 24, 29, 30, 77, 93, 149
Norcross, Loo (Louisa), 188, 229
and Emily’s ambitions, 77, 86, 91, 115
as Emily’s cousin, 76–77, 81
and Emily’s eyesight, 143, 153
and Emily’s poems, 85, 124, 130, 231
O’Brien, Margaret, 168
Panic of 1873, 189
Patmore, Coventry, “The Angel of the House,” 104
poem, definitions of, 105, 229n
Ponca Indians, 223–24
Porter, Hannah, 43–44
Roberts Brothers, 188, 202–3, 205, 207, 208, 221, 223, 235
Robertson, Margaret, 40, 48
Root, Abiah, 102
Emily’s correspondence with, 3, 5–6, 13, 16, 21, 24, 25, 38, 170
Emily’s friendship with, 17–18, 19
marriage of, 75
Safford, Daniel, 42
Sanderson, Frederick, 118
Sanitary Commission, 94, 95n, 144
Scribner, Charles, 79
Shaw, Robert Gould, 140n
Snell, Ebenezer, 1–2, 25, 48, 60, 67, 111, 199–200
Snell, Mary Louisa, 13
Snell, Sabra, 200, 235
Stearns, Frazar, 92, 117–19, 120–21, 122, 127, 129
Stearns, William Augustus, 118, 166, 176, 179
Sweetser, Luke, 196–97
Temple, Charles, 13, 14, 24
Thompson, Charles, 118
Todd, David, 219, 220
Todd, Mabel Loomis, 218n, 219–20, 224, 225, 235
Twain, Mark, 83
Valentine’s Day, 53–56, 57, 65–67, 78, 85, 168, 170, 214, 229
Wadsworth, Rev. Charles, 82–83, 124–25, 196–97, 214–15, 229, 230
Warner, Mary, 5, 13
Webster, Daniel, 64–65
Whitman, Mary, 36
Whitman, Walt, 135n
Leaves of Grass, 104n
Williams, Henry, 143, 148–51, 160
women:
education of, 30–31, 60
housekeeping chores of, 61
and marriage, 97–98, 104
rights of, 146, 161
working, 51
writers, 108–9, 186
Wood, Abby, 182–83, 187, 202
Wright, Celia S., 31–32
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