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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An Excursion to Manchester
Train travel, nature, Manchester, manufacturing.
A sketch of the narrator's trip by rail to visit the planned manufacturing town of Manchester, New Hampshire.
Sedgwick, Catharine Maria.
Sartain's Union Magazine [edited by Caroline M. Kirkland], September 1847, pp. 111-13.
1847
D. Gussman
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The White Hills in October
Star-crossed lovers, filial piety, the White Mountains of New Hampshire, off-season tourism.
The narrator presents the journal of a trip to the White Mountains by Mary Langdon, a young American woman, who has just ended a relationship with her German lover due to her father's disapproval. A mysterious stranger appears at a significant moment and changes the young woman's fortunes.
Sedgwick, Catharine Maria. [published anonymously]
Harper's New Monthly Magazine [edited by Alfred A. Guernsey] (December 1856): 44-56.
1856
Margaret Erickson, D. Gussman
The Continental Monthly [by C. M. Sedgwick] (October 1862): 423-44.
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The Little Mendicants
Charity, Irish, Death, Prejudice
The narrator recounts a time in which her neighbor, Mrs. Devon, describes her charitable attention to local Irish Immigrants. While Mrs. Devon's charity is lauded, suspicion arises over the honesty of those she is serving. Questions form over the health of a particular Irish woman and her children. Mrs. Devon later discovers that some of her belongings are missing. Mrs. Devon and the narrator investigate the situation, and discover the truth and some underlying prejudices.
Sedgwick, Catherine M., Miss C. M. Sedgwick
Columbian Lady's and Gentleman's Magazine [edited by John Inman and Robert A. West] (April 1846): 181-84.
Columbian Lady's and Gentleman's Magazine
1846
LDB, S. Riggins
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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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