"The Slave and Slave Owner"
Abolitionism, slavery.
Abolitionist sketch published in a giftbook created for the Rochester Ladies' Anti-Slavery Society (1858).
Sedgwick, Catharine M.
<em>Autographs for Freedom,</em> ed. Julia Griffiths.
John P. Jewett and Company
1858
D. Gussman
"New York Fountains and Astor Baths"
Poverty, wealth, and charity in New York City.
A sketch describing public fountains and art in New York City.
Sedgwick, Catharine M.
<em>The Rover: A Weekly Magazine of Tales, Poetry and Engravings, Also Sketches of Travel, History.</em>
February 7, 1844
D. Gussman
Also printed in <em>Graham's Magazine</em> (March 1844): 123-25.
English
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"First Love"
Romance, English countryside, courtship
Story about a young woman's passionate first love, her parents' intervention, and her subsequent happy marriage to another man.
Sedgwick, Catharine Maria
Miss C. M. Sedgwick
<em>Sartain's Union Magazine</em>, Volume IV, No. 2, 81-82.
1849
D. Gussman
Reprinted in <em>The Dewdrop</em>, (Philadelphia, 1852) 43-45.
English
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"Magnetism Among the Shakers"
Shakers, spiritual practices, magnetism
A sketch in which the speaker relates a conversation between an older male Shaker and his sister about Shaker beliefs and practices.
Sedgwick, Catharine M.
Miss C. M. Sedgwick
<em>Sartain’s Union Magazine</em>, Vol. IV: 337-38.
1849
D. Gussman
Also collected in <em>The Literary Gem</em>, Philadelphia: Van Court, 1854, 69-70.
Reprinted in <em>Female Prose Writers of America, </em>[edited by John S. Hart], Philadelphia, E.H. Butler & Co., 1864, 1866.
English
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"Rural Life"
Sedgwick, Catharine M.
<em>American Metropolitan Magazine, VI, 12-16</em>
January 1849
D. Gussman
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"Ella"
Children's fiction, Christian behavior, class difference.
A modest young woman from the country comes to live with her city cousins, and uses Biblical and parental precepts to adjust and thrive.
Sedgwick, Catharine M.
Miss Sedgwick
<em>Juvenile Miscellany</em>, 3rd Series, V4, (edited by Mrs. D. L. [Lydia Maria] Child), Boston: Allen and Ticknor, 11-35.
March and April, 1834.
D. Gussman
Also collected in <em>Stories for Young Persons</em>, 95-112, 1840.
English
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"Mary Smith"
Children's Fiction, Class Difference, Letter Writing, Republicanism
A young girl from a modest family is hurt by another young girl from a wealthy family.
Sedgwick, Catharine M.
Stockbridge, S.
Juvenile Miscellany V2 (edited by Mrs. LM [Lydia Maria] Child) Boston: p. 110-134
Allen and Ticknor
May 1829
J. Robinson
Sequel to “The Good Son” in Juvenile Miscellany (Jan. 1829): 217-29
English
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"Might Versus Right"
Married women's property rights; temperance.
A young woman from a wealthy family marries and her husband legally gains rights to all of her property. The husband's poor business management and drinking cause him to lose the money, and the wife must work to support the family. When the husband claims his wife's wages without her knowledge, a sympathetic employer makes a kind gesture.
Sedgwick, Catharine M.
Miss C. M. Sedgwick
Sartain’s Union Magazine [edited by Caroline M. Kirkland], Vol. VI., 75-80.
Philadelphia: John Sartain & Co.
January - June 1850
J. Robinson; D. Gussman
English
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"The Patch-Work Quilt"
Servants and family history
An elderly Black woman's story of a patchwork quilt that was sewn during the thirty years she worked in the home of a White family.
Sedgwick, Catharine M.
Miss C. M. Sedgwick
The Columbian Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine [edited by John Inman and Robert A. West] p. 123-26.
Columbian Magazine
March 1846
J. Robinson
Also collected in:
Sedgwick, Catharine M. "The Patch Work Quilt." Love of Quilts: A Treasury of Classic Quilting Stories. Ed. Margaret Aldrich. Minneapolis: Voyageur, 2004. 24-33. Google Books. Web. 17 Mar. 2014.
English
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"Owasonook"
Deception, Marital Property
A widower is deceived by a Deacon into believing she has been left nothing. When she marries a man outside of the church she is threatened with excommunication.
Sedgwick, Catharine M.
Miss Sedgwick
Sartain’s Union Magazine [edited by Caroline M. Korkland] NY. Vol. VI: p. 399-407
Sartain's Magazine
June 1850
J. Robinson
English
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