Literature

Anne Dudley Bradstreet (1612-1672)

Mrs. Simon Bradstreet, Anne Dudley Bradstreet, was the 1st woman poet in America. Anne was an educated woman born in England, she didn't write poetry until she moved to Andover. During her lifetime, her father and husband were both Governors of Massachusetts. A small sample of her publications:

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Samuel Francis Smith (1808-1895)

Samuel Francis Smith was a Harvard College graduate - he graduated with high honors in 1829. In 1830, Smith entered Andover Theological Seminary. While living in Andover, Smith wrote new words to a German tune he liked - the song became known as "America."

Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896)

Sales of 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' (first published in 1851) set new records -- half a million copies by 1857 - and she quickly became the most famous woman in America. Although she only received royalties on the books published in America, pirated copies sold like wildfire in Europe. In 1852, Harriet & her husband, Professor Calvin Stowe, moved to Andover when he accepted an appointment to the Andover Theological Seminary. Their home was located where the Andover Inn (on the Phillips Academy campus) is located today.

• Uncle Tom's Cabin
  Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe 1852 (AHS Library 813 STU and MHL Library)

• Key To Uncle Tom's Cabin - Facts and Documents, Truth of The Work...
  Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe 1853 (AHS Library 813 STUK)

• Uncle Sam's Emancipation; Earthly Care, a Heavenly Discipline, and Other Sketches
  Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe 1853 (AHS Library 244 STE)

• Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands
  Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe 1854 (AHS Library 920 STOWS)

• Dred: A Tale of The Great Dismal Swamp
  Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe 1856 (AHS Library 813 STD)

• Plymouth Collection of Hymns and Tunes; For The Use of Christian Congregations
  Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe 1856 (AHS Library 783 PL)

• Ministers Wooing
  Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe 1859 (AHS Library 813 STML)

• Men of Our Times, or Leading Patriots of The Day
  Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe 1868 (AHS Library 920 STO)

• Oldtown Folks
  Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe 1869 (AHS Library 813 STO)

• American Woman's Home, or, Domestic Science
  Written by Catherine E Beecher and Harriet Beecher Stowe 1869 (AHS Library 640 BEE)

• Our Charley, and What To Do With Him
  Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe 1869 (AHS Library 813 STOW)

• Mayflower and Miscellaneous Writings
  Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe 1871 (AHS Library 813 STMA)

• Six of One
  Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe 1872 (AHS Library 813 STSI)

• My Wife and I: Or, Harry Henderson's History
  Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe 1872 (AHS Library 813 STO)

• Women in Sacred History
  Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe 1873 (AHS Library O242 SHB)

• Palmetto Leaves
  Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe 1873 (AHS Library 814 STP)

• We and Our Neighbors; or, The Recors of An Unfashionable Street
  Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe 1875 (AHS Library 813 STW)

• Footsteps of The Master
  Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe 1877 (AHS Library 232 STOW)

• Poganuc People
  Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe 1878 (AHS Library 813 STPO)

• Sam Lawson's Old Town Fireside Stories
  Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe 1881 (AHS Library 813 STS)

• Little Foxes
  Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe 1887 (AHS Library 813 STL)

• The Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe
  Written by Charles Edward Stowe 1890 (AHS Library 920 STOW)

• Life and Letters of Harriet Beecher Stowe
  Edited by Annie Fields 1897 (AHS Library 920 STOF)

• Agnes of Sorrento
  Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe 1899 (AHS Library 813 STA)

• Crusader in Crinoline - The Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe
  Written by Forrest Wilson 1942 (AHS Library 920 STW)

• Portraits of A Nineteenth Century Family - A Symposium on The Beecher Family
  Written by Earl A. French 1976 (AHS Library 920 BE)

• The Limits of Sisterhood: The Beecher Sisters on Women's Rights and Woman's Sphere
  Written by Jeanne Boydston, Mary Kelley, Anne Margolis 1988 (AHS Library 920 BKM)

Elizabeth (Wooster) Stuart Phelps (1815-1852)

Andoverite Elizabeth (Wooster) Stuart Phelps wrote a series of stories for girls; Her teacher at the Mount Vernon School in Boston, Jacob Abbott, was one of the first writers to specifically write for fictional stories for kids. Jacob published some of Elizabeth's works under the pseudonym H. Trusta - "Trusta" is an anagram of "Stuart" Elizabeth's father, Moses Stuart, was a congregationalist minister and a professor at Andover Theological Seminary.

• The Sunny Side, or, The Country Minister's Wife by H. Trusta (pseudonym)
  Written by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps 1851 (AHS Library 813 PHSU)

• A Peep at the "Number Five", by H. Trusta (pseudonym)
  Written by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps 1852 (AHS Library 813 PHP)

• Kitty Brown and Her Little School
  Written by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps 1852 (AHS Library 372.4 PHEL)

• A Tell-Tale
  Written by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps 1853 (AHS Library 813 PHT)

• Last Sheaf from Sunny Side
  Written by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps 1853 (AHS Library 813 PHL)

Elizabeth Stuart Phelps (Ward) (1844-1911)

In 1873 the Women's Suffrage League was formed - Elizabeth Stuart Phelps (Ward) was nominated as 2nd Vice president. Elizabeth Stuart Phelps was a major Andoverite author who was recognized as leader of feminism. She was inspired by her mother. She chose to publish under her Mother's name, which was a revolutionary concept at the time but the most revolutionary aspect about her novels was the equity of the female and male characters in her stories. Elizabeth Stuart Phelps (Ward) published fifty-seven books and many short stories and magazine articles.

• The Gate's Ajar
  Written by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps 1869 (AHS Library 813 PHWB)

• The Gate's Ajar
  Originally written by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps - edited by Helen Sootin Smith 1964 (AHS Library 813 PHWGA)

• Hedged In
  Written by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps 1870 (AHS Library 813 PHWH)

• Silent Partner
  Written by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps 1871 (AHS Library 813 PHWS)

• Poetic Studies
  Written by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps 1875 (AHS Library 821 PH)

• The Story of AVIS
  Written by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps 1877 (AHS Library 813 PHWST)

• Doctor Zay
  Written by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps 1883 (AHS Library 813 PH)

• Beyond The Gates
  Written by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps 1884 (AHS Library 813 PHWB)

• Old Maids and Burglars in Paradise
  Written by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps 1885 (AHS Library 813 PHWO)

• The Gates Between
  Written by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps 1887 (AHS Library 813 PHWGB)

• The Madonna of The Tubs
  Written by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps 1887 (AHS Library 813 PHION)

• The Angel Over The Right Shoulder
  Written by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps 1890 (AHS Library 813 PHA)

• Jack The Fisherman
  Written by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps 1891 (AHS Library 813 PHWJ)

• The Master of The Magicians
  Written by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps and Herbert D. Ward 1890 (AHS Library 813 PHWMW)

• The Supply at St. Agatha's
  Written by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps 1890 (AHS Library 813 PHWSUP)

• Austin Phelps, A Memoir
  Written by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps 1892 (AHS Library 920 PHU)

• Donald Marcy
  Written by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps 1893 (AHS Library 813 PHWD)

• The Gypsy Series, Vol. 1 - 4
  Written by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps 1894-1897 (AHS Library 372.4 PHE)

• A Singular Life
  Written by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps 1895 (AHS Library 813 PHWSI)

• Chapters from a Life
  Written by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps 1897 (AHS Library 920 PHEL)

• The Story of Jesus Christ
  Written by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps 1898 (AHS Library 232 PHE)

• Loveliness
  Written by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps 1899 (AHS Library 813 PHWL)

• The Successors of Mary the First
  Written by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps 1901 (AHS Library 813 PHWSU)

• Avery
  Written by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps 1902 (AHS Library 813 PHWAV)

• An Inquiry into the Life and Character of Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward
  As seen through her autobiography
  Written by Elizabeth Witcomb Swinchoski 1968 (AHS Library 0920 PHES)

Claude Moore Fuess, Ph.D (18xx-19xx)

Claude M. Fuess wrote on a variety of subjects, also search categories Educational Institutions, Government, War / Military and References. Mr. Fuess was Headmaster of Phillips, Andover - In 1964 the Phillips Academy Board of Trustees established 'The Fuess Award' to honor the former headmaster; the award recognizes outstanding public service of alumni to inspire public service.

• Calvin Coolidge, The Man From Vermont
  Written by Claude M. Fuess 1940 (AHS Library 920 COO)

• A High School Spelling Book - LEONARD, ARTHUR W. (check why listed under Fuess)
  Written by Claude M. Fuess 1915 (AHS Library 428 LEO)

• Independent Schoolmaster
  Written by Claude M. Fuess 1952 (AHS Library 920 FUE)

• Old New England School
  Written by Claude M. Fuess 1917 (AHS Library 373 ANFU)

• Peter Had Courage
  Written by Claude M. Fuess 1927 (AHS Library 813 FUP)

More information:

Andover Historical Society's List of General References & Resources

Andover Historical Society Newsletter Articles:
Famous and Infamous - Five 17th Century Andover Women (Barker, Bradstreet, Carrier, Hutchinson & Johnson) - written by Joan Patrakis - Vol. 10, No. 4
"Tom" Made Harriet Famous - written by Joan Patrakis - Vol. 13, No. 3
"America" Written in Andover 160 Years Ago (Samuel Francis Smith) - written by Joan Patrakis - Vol. 16, No. 1
19th Century Andover Author (Elizabeth Stuart Phelps) Speaks to Modern Women - written by Joan Patrakis - Vol. 17, No. 4

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