"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.
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A Reminiscence of Federalism
Federalists and Democrats, partisanship, voting, friendship, courtship.
The narrator recounts the partisan divide between Federalists and Democrats in a New England town by reminiscing about a childhood friend, and her suitor's coming of age.
Sedgwick, Catharine M. [By Miss Sedgwick]
The Token, edited by Samuel G. Goodrich.
Boston: Charles Bowen
1834 [pub. 1833]
Jenifer Elmore, Naomi Lau, Kaylin Ricciardi, Abigail Skinner
Collected in Catharine Sedgwick, Tales and Sketches. Philadelphia: Carey, Lea, and Blanchard, 1835: pp. 9-43. Collected in The Norton Anthology of American Literature, vol. 1, edited by Nina Baym, pp. 1017-38. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 1998.
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Christian Charity
Calvinism vs. Unitarianism, orthodoxy.
A young girl learns the difference between Calvinism and Unitarianism, but is nevertheless encouraged to be charitable to all Christians, regardless of particular affiliation.
Sedgwick, Catharine Maria. [By the author of Redwood.]
A Short Essay To Do Good, 4-14.
Stockbridge [Mass.] : Printed by Webster and Stanley.
1828
Michael Monescalchi; D. Gussman
Sedgwick, Catharine Maria. A short essay to do good. Stockbridge [Mass.] : Printed by Webster and Stanley, 1828;
Repository Collection Development Department, Widener Library. HCL, Harvard University. http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:7572801. Accessed 09 July 2019
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Crescent Beach
Adultery, Summer, Vacation, Beach
The narrator tells a story about her vacation on a beach, focusing on a little girl’s relationship with her young mother and the mother’s adultery.
Sedgwick, Catharine M.
Miss Catharine M. Sedgwick
Sartain's Union Magazine [edited
by Caroline M. Kirkland] (November 1847): 212-19.
Sartain's Union Magazine
1847
Lucinda Damon-Bach; D. Gussman
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Imelda of Bologna
Romance, Tragedy, Italy
In the Italian city of Bologna, a tragedy unites Imelda with her family’s enemy, the lord Boniface. The two fall in love, but are plotted against by Imelda’s brothers. While Imelda and Boniface plan their escape from danger, Imelda’s brothers plan his death.
Sedgwick, Catharine M.
Miss Catharine M. Sedgwick
Columbian Lady's and Gentleman's Magazine [edited by John Inman and Robert A. West] (May 1846): 253-61.
Columbian Lady's and Gentleman's Magazine
1846
Shawn Riggins
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Life is Sweet
Youth, death, service, gratitude.
The narrator reflects on the vicissitudes of life and moralizes about the benefits of suffering and giving to others.
Sedgwick, Catharine M.
Miss Catharine M. Sedgwick
<em>Sartain's Union Magazine</em> (edited by Caroline M. Kirkland)
August 1848
B. Beyer, D. Gussman
Collected in <em>Tales of City Life.</em> Philadelphia: Hazard and Mitchell, 1850.<br />Collected in <em>The Gem of the Season</em>, edited by Nathaniel Parker Willis, 219-22, New York, 1850 (pub. 1849).<br />Collected in <em>The Thought Blossom</em>, edited by Nathaniel Parker Willis, 208-11, New York: Leavitt and Allen, 1855.<br />Collected in <em>Charlie Hathaway, or The City Clerk and other Stories,</em> New York, 1869.<br />"A Tale With a Moral." <em>Pittsfield Sun</em>.[Pittsfield, MA]. (9 November 1848): 1.
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Marietza
1822 Greek uprising on the island of Chios, cross-cultural romance.
A Greek/Chian girl witnesses the destruction of her home/island as a consequence of the 1822 uprising against Turkish domination, and subsequently marries her English protector.
Sedgwick, Catharine Maria [by the author of "The Linwoods," "Poor Rich Man," "Love Token," "Live & Let Live," &c]
<em>Stories for Young Persons</em>, pp. 52-66.
New York: Harper & Brothers
1840
D. Gussman
Collected in <em>Stories for Young Persons</em>, 1840, 52-66, reprinted 1841, 1842, 1846, 1855, 1860; reprinted 184? By the author of "The Linwoods," "Poor Rich Man," "Love Token," "Live and Let Live," &c. London: W. Smith. <br /><br />Sedgwick, Catharine Maria, 1789-1867, and Cairns Collection of American Women Writers. <em>Stories for Young Persons</em> ... New York: Harper & Brothers, 1840. HathiTrust Digital Library https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/007092366 Accessed 11 July 2019.
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Matty Gore
Christian faith and the misfortunes that result from neglect of religion.
A young woman's Christian faith sustains her through life's trials, while her father's and brother's lack of faith and duty lead to unhappiness and tragedy.
Sedgwick, Catharine Maria. [Miss C. E. Sedgwick]
The Religious Souvenir, edited by Lydia Howard Sigourney, pp. 50-90.
New York: Scofield & Voorhies
1840 [pub. 1839]
D. Gussman
Annual reissued as The Religious Souvenir. Hartford, Conn.: S. Andrus and Son, 1846.
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Our Robins
Death and dying; the natural world.
The narrator spends time with her dying friend and the friend's young son, sharing a love of flowers and birds, and reflecting on the habits of robins and their similarities to human beings.
Sedgwick, Catharine Maria
A Love-Token for Children: Designed for Sunday-School Libraries, 40- 52.
New York: Harper & Brothers
1838
Robin L. Cadwallader, L. Damon-Bach, D. Gussman
Reprinted in the Southern Literary Messenger [edited by T.H. White] (May 1838): 318-21. Collected in Stories for Children [edited by Robin L. Cadwallader], RMTK Books, 2016, 25-46.
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Romance in Real Life
Historical fiction, Romance, French and American relations.
An historical romance in two parts, focusing first on the Boston childhood of orphan Marie Reynolds/Angely (implied to be the long-lost daughter of a fictionalized Hector St. Jean de Crèvecoeur), and subsequently on Marie's mysterious meeting with and eventual marriage to a US diplomat.
Sedgwick, Catharine Maria. [By the Author of "Redwood."]
The Legendary, edited by Nathaniel Parker Willis, 118-61.
Boston: Samuel G. Goodrich
1828 [pub. 1827]
Esther Hagan, Savvy Myles, and Angelica Tijerino, with Dr. Jenifer Elmore (Palm Beach Atlantic University); and Julia Carey, Sean Godbout, Emily Kay, Isabella Lopresti, Diana Villanueva, Jake Lyons, with Dr. Lucinda Damon-Bach (Salem State University),
Reprinted in The Garland, pp. 198-264, Boston, 1839. Reprinted in The Diadem, New York: 1850. Collected in Tales and Sketches, By Miss Sedgwick, Author of "The Linwoods," "Hope Leslie," &c. &c. Philadelphia: Carey, Lea, and Blanchard, 1835, pp. 237-78.
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