"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.
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"Passages From a Journal at Rockaway"
The beauty and pleasure of nature.
A sketch that contrasts June in New York City with Rockaway Beach.
Sedgwick, Catharine M.
Miss Sedgwick
<em>Southern Literary Messenger</em>, [edited by T. H. White], (September 1838): 573-575.
1838
J. Robinson, D. Gussman
Reprinted in: <em>New-Yorker</em> (8 September 1838): 386-387
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"St. Catharine's Eve"
Religion, Faith and Sacrifice
A loving mother tells her daughter the truth about her own religious beliefs which are later used to condemn both mother and daughter to death. The mother sacrifices herself to save the life of her daughter.
Sedgwick, Catharine M.
Miss Sedgwick
The Token (Boston) pp. 7-36
Gray and Bowen
1834
J. Robinson
Also collected in:
Tales and Sketches, series one (Philadelphia, 1835), pp. 205-235.
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"The Irish Girl"
Prejudice against Irish immigrants, Catholics, Protestants, love, Christian virtue.
A young Irish servant is in love with a man whose father will not let him marry her because she is a “Paddy girl.” The young woman drowns, shortly after learning of her beloved's decision to marry a non-Irish woman. Her brother vows revenge, but changes his mind.
Sedgwick, Catharine M.
By the author of "Hope Leslie," &c.
United States Magazine and Democratic Review, Vol. X, P. 129-140
John L. O'Sullivan
February 1842
J. Robinson, D. Gussman
Also collected (with revisions) in:
The Dollar Magazine, Vol. II, 1842
Tales and Sketches, Series two, New York. 1842. P. 191-244
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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.
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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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Saturday Night
Teaching children to appreciate the gifts of the five senses and God.
A mother tells her children a bedtime story about a mysterious Friend who gives children precious gifts, and teaches a lesson about gratitude and prayer.
Sedgwick, Catharine Maria
Stories for Young Persons, 146-52.
Harper & Brothers
1840
Heather Harman, Nicole Wheatley, D, Gussman
Originally published "by Stockbridge S." in the Juvenile Miscellany, [edited by Lydia M. Child] (January 1827): 31-39. Collected in A Short Essay to Do Good, 18-24, 1828
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Scene at Niagara
Niagara Falls, nature, the sublime.
A description of Niagara Falls, followed by a conversation between and mother and son about the sublimity of nature and God.
Sedgwick, Catharine Maria.
Youth's Instructer, and Sabbath School and Bible Class Assistant. June 1829, vol. 1, issue 3, p. 89.
1829
D. Gussman
In American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals Collection: Series 2, EBSCOhost (accessed April 13, 2018).
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The Deformed Boy
Charity, virtue, and honesty.
A poor young boy, whose legs have been affected by rickets, attracts the attention and charity of kind friends due to his good humor and virtue.
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. 9-38.
New York: Harper & Brothers
1840
Angie Lydon, Michael Nicosa, Cyntheara Tham, L. Damon Bach, D. Gussman
Originally published as <em>The Deformed Boy. </em>By the author of "Redwood," &c. Brookfield: E. and G. Merriam Printers, 1826. <br />Reprinted as <em>The Deformed Boy.</em> By the author of "Redwood." Springfield: Merriam, Little & Co, 1831.<br />Collected in Stories for Young Persons, 1840, 9-38, 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.
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