Authors: Eve LaPlante
Wilkinson, Alfred, Jr., 249
Windship, Charles May, and, 303
n
Hawthorne, Julian, 206, 220, 332
n
Hawthorne, Nathaniel
Alcott, Louisa May, and, 4, 214
personal and family life, 102, 163, 180, 191, 285
Sanborn, Frank, and, 198
The Scarlet Letter,
157, 249
Thoreau, Henry David, and, 102
Twice-Told Tales,
102
water cure and, 144
Hawthorne, Sophia Peabody, 102, 206
Helps, Arthur, 193
Herrnstadt, Richard, 175
Hillside.
See under
Massachusetts
Hoar, Elizabeth, 102, 109
Hobomok
(Child), 88
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Sr., 18
Horwitz, Tony, 328
n
Hosmer family, 153
Hospital Sketches
(LMA), 210–12, 214, 232
Howe, Julia Ward, 144, 270
Huntington, Frederic Dan, 151–52, 184, 321
n
hydrotherapy (water cure), 144, 146–50, 177, 182–83, 272
Illustrated Newspaper,
203, 276
Indiana, women’s rights and, 168
infant schools, 41–42, 74
The Inheritance
(LMA), 158, 234, 322
n
Jack and Jill
(LMA), 241
The Jacobite
(Planché), 176
James, Henry, Sr., 179, 198
Jane Eyre
(Brontë), 140
“Jerry Rescue,” 169, 292
Johnson, Samuel, 258
Jo’s Boys
(LMA), 241, 272–73
Judson, Andrew, 63–64
Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854), 172
Karcher, Carolyn, 54
Keyser, Elizabeth Lennox, 3, 249
King’s Chapel (Boston)
attending services at, 22–23, 255, 287
funerals and, 9, 36, 87, 184, 260
weddings at, 14, 33, 36, 48–49, 286–87
Kitteridge (Dr.), 144
Kornfield, Eve, 10
Ladies’ Help Exchange, 157, 162–63
“The Lady and the Woman” (LMA), 178
Lafayette, Marquis de, 12, 35, 237, 288
Lane, Charles
Alcott, Abigail, and, 105, 114, 116, 265
Alcott, Bronson, and, 101, 103, 107, 114, 116, 118, 120, 122–23, 130, 139, 215, 221, 315
n
in Concord, 104, 217
Fruitlands and, 110, 113–17, 119, 122
personal beliefs and characteristics, 106, 108, 114, 119, 127
Lane, William, 104, 116, 122, 127
Lawrence, Rhoda Ashley, 250, 272–74, 288
Lee, Luther, 89
Lee, Robert E., 202, 219
Leslie, Frank, 175, 203, 224, 276
Lexington Classical School, 137
Liberal Christianity, 23–24
Lincoln, Abraham, 200, 202, 219
Littlehale, Ednah Dow, 160–61
Little Men
(LMA), 241–42
Little Women
(LMA)
basis for, 10, 226–28, 286
burning manuscripts in, 265
Jo’s Boys,
241, 272–73
Marmee in, 2–4, 130, 160, 281
Mr. March in, 22, 227, 332
n
myths about Alcotts, 5
self-denial scene, 79
sequel to, 229–31
settings for, 286
siblings in, 15
success of, 215, 238, 244, 256, 274, 278
walking alone in, 43
wedding scene in, 198
writing and publication of, 225–35
Locke, John, 21, 24
A Long Fatal Love Chase
(LMA), 128
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 144, 179, 253
Loring, A. K., 214
“Love and Self-Love” (LMA), 190, 196
Lovejoy household (Fruitland neighbors), 124–25, 127–28
Lowell, James Russell, 197
Lyman, Theodore, 76
ma’am schools, 7–8, 10, 300
n
Maine, Waterford Water Cure, 144, 147–50, 321
n
Mann, Horace, 109, 116, 197–98
man schools, 7, 20
“A Marble Woman” (LMA), 218
Marine Insurance Company, 15
marriage, women’s rights in, 105, 126, 191–92, 317
n
Martin, Anne, 304
n
Massachusetts
Boston (
See
Boston, Massachusetts)
Brook Farm community, 115
Concord Dramatic Union, 182
Dove Cottage in Concord, 93–96, 217, 285
Fruitlands in Harvard, 110, 112–28, 130, 132, 153, 164, 189, 194, 215, 217, 221, 225, 228, 234, 241, 246, 274
Hillside in Concord, 133–37, 139–40, 143, 145, 147–48, 152, 158, 163, 170, 180, 285
May (Samuel Joseph) family in Lexington, 109, 318
n
May (Samuel Joseph) family in South Sciuate, 83–84, 90–92, 98, 109, 113, 227, 289, 298
Orchard House in Concord, 180–82, 186–87, 193, 195–200, 203–4, 209, 217–25, 229–30, 233, 239–41, 244–45, 248, 255, 267–68, 271, 283–85
Plummer Home for Boys, 241–42, 334
slavery and, 31–33, 51–56, 59, 64, 66, 72–73, 76
southern coast of, 268
women’s rights and, 168–69, 251–53
Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society, 77, 89
Matteson, John, 5, 195, 307
n
, 315
n
, 327
n
May, Abigail.
See
Alcott, Abigail
May, Abigail Williams (AMA’s grandmother), 12–13
May, Catherine (AMA’s sister), 7, 25, 304n
May, Charles (AMA’s eldest brother)
birth and death, 176–77, 304
n
, 325n
correspondence with sister Abigail, 122
life at sea, 10–11, 36
living with Alcotts, 104
mental state of, 159
May, Charlotte Coffin (SJM’s daughter).
See
Wilkinson, Charlotte May (SJM’s daughter)
May, Dorothy Sewall (AMA’s mother)
birth and death, 35–36, 258
childhood and education, 9, 19
health issues, 214
personal and family life, 7–8, 14, 16, 18–23, 318
n
slavery and, 33
May, Edward (AMA’s brother), 8–9, 20, 287
May, Edward (LMA’s second cousin), 142, 320
n
May, Elizabeth (Eliza).
See
Willis, Eliza May
May, George E. (SJM’s youngest son, Bonnie)
birth of, 131
childhood and education, 138, 171, 198–99, 318
n
gift from Louisa May Alcott, 1
water cure and, 183
May, John Edward (SJM’s second son)
birth of, 47
childhood and education, 137
family and home life, 176, 185, 220–21
travels abroad, 195
May, Joseph (AMA’s father)
business and finances, 14–16, 223
death and estate of, 95–96, 126, 131–32
personal and family life, 7–9, 12–15, 19, 22–25, 32–33, 36–37, 41–42, 48–49, 57–58, 159, 254, 282, 287, 306
n
, 312
n
May, Joseph (SJM’s eldest son), 37, 41–42, 46
May, Joseph (SJM’s third son, Jody)
Alcott, Louisa May, and, 210
childhood and education, 166–67, 172, 177, 199, 306
n
health issues, 182–83
travels abroad, 187, 193
May, Louisa.
See
Greele, Louisa May (AMA’s sister)
May, Lucretia Flagge Coffin (SJM’s wife)
burial site of, 293
death of, 219
health issues, 193
personal and home life, 2, 33, 36–42, 47, 50, 62, 73, 83, 92, 116, 130–31, 138–39, 164, 167, 171–72, 177, 182–83, 187, 304
n
, 318
n
slavery and, 58–59
women’s rights and, 91, 312
n
May, Mary Ann Atkinson Cary (AMA’s stepmother)
Alcott, Abigail, and, 41–42
death of, 88
marriage, family, and home life, 36–37, 312
n
personal beliefs and characteristics, 304
n
May, Mary Goddard, 153
May, Samuel (AMA’s uncle)
Alcott, Abigail, and, 153–54
business and career, 321
n
childhood and education, 13
marriage, family, and home life, 9
May, Samuel, Jr., 142, 318
n
May, Samuel Joseph (AMA’s brother)
burial site of, 293
business and finances, 21–25, 83, 109, 116, 131, 137, 166
childhood and education, 20–21, 23–25
Crandall case and, 63–66
death of, 243
health issues, 219, 243
“Jerry Rescue,” 169, 292
personal and family life, 2, 5, 8–9, 11, 16, 21, 25, 30, 33–34, 36–42, 46–47, 66, 68, 73, 81, 83, 89–90, 92, 98, 109–10, 113–14, 116, 122–23, 125–26, 130–31, 138–39, 141, 164, 167, 169, 171–73, 175,
177–78, 182, 185, 187, 193, 195, 197, 199–202, 210, 219, 223, 236–37, 283, 286, 289–90, 292–93, 304
n
, 318
n
slavery and, 30–33, 51–56, 58–59, 72–73, 76–78, 109, 116, 131, 169, 171, 195, 199, 201, 288
Syracuse Public Library, 237
travels abroad, 184–85, 187, 195
women’s rights and, 89–91, 137, 169
May, Valentine, 275
McHenry, William, 169
Mennonites, 57
Merrick, Chloe, 234
Merry’s Museum,
223–24, 227, 233
Michelangelo quote, 270
miscegenation, 64
“A Modern Cinderella” (LMA), 199
A Modern Mephistopheles
(LMA), 245, 249
Moods
(LMA), 196, 200, 214–15, 221, 241
Morton, John, 176
The Mother’s Book
(Child), 88
Mott, Lucretia, 226
Mr. Turner’s Dancing School, 21
Mumford, Thomas J., 318
n
“My Contraband” (LMA), 211–13
Myerson, Joel, 307
n
“My Girls” essay (LMA), 257
National Anti-Slavery Standard,
231
New England Anti-Slavery Society, 56, 58, 224, 308
n
New England Woman Suffrage Association, 279
New Hampshire, 175–77, 179–80
New York.
See also
Syracuse, New York
Alcott, Louisa May, in, 254, 291
“Jerry Rescue,” 169, 292
publishing field in, 208–9
slavery and, 131, 201, 292, 324
n
women’s rights and, 168–69, 254
New York Daily Tribune,
156
New York Times,
278
Nieriker, Abigail May Alcott (AMA’s youngest daughter, May)
business and finances, 263
death of, 267
health issues, 155, 177, 266–67
journals and writing, 108
personal and family life, 94, 97, 102–3, 112, 135, 143, 146, 148, 152, 163–64, 176–78, 180, 184, 187, 197, 199–200, 203, 220, 223–24, 246, 248–49, 262–63, 266–67, 316
n
travels by, 232, 235–43, 245–47, 255, 281
Nieriker, Ernest (May’s husband), 262–63
Nieriker, Louisa May (May’s daughter), 266–68, 271, 273–74, 278
Niles, Thomas, 223–25, 228, 231–33, 238, 249, 265–66, 270
Normal School, 109, 116, 225
North American Review,
203
Nye, Russel, 65, 67
O’Connor, Thomas, 208
Ohio
Alcott, Bronson, and, 170, 183
women’s rights and, 168
An Old-Fashioned Girl
(LMA), 12, 35, 233, 238
Olive Branch
magazine, 323
n
Onandaga Indians, 166
Orchard House.
See under
Massachusetts
Ossoli, Giovanni Angelo, 156
Our Young Folks,
203
Page, Ann, 115–16, 119–20
Panic of 1837, 82
Parker, Theodore, 144, 166, 168, 199
Patten, Anna Woolson, 301
n
Patten, Joseph May, 301
n
Patten, Mary Roberdeau, 301
n
Patten, Thomas, 14–15, 301
n
Patten, Thomas, Jr., 301
n
Patten & May Company, 14–15
“Pauline’s Passion and Punishment” (LMA), 317
n
Peabody, Elizabeth Palmer
Alcott, Abigail, and, 41, 81, 151, 260–61
Alcott, Bronson, and, 80–81
Alcott, Louisa May, and, 4, 260–61
business and career, 69, 80, 202
hydrotherapy treatments, 144
May, Samuel Joseph, and, 197
Record of a School,
70, 78, 84–85
Peabody, Mary Tyler, 32, 73, 79–80, 197
Peabody, Sophia, 102
Pennsylvania
Germantown, 51, 56–61, 67–69, 291
Philadelphia, 18, 50–51, 58, 60–61, 66–69
publishing field in, 208–9
slavery and, 66–67
Pestalozzi, Johann, 39, 84
Peterson’s Magazine,
165
Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society, 66–67
Phillips, Wendell, 144, 168–69, 179, 224, 254
Pickford, Mary, 284
Pilgrim’s Progress,
124, 157
Planché, J. R., 176
Plea for Pure Water
(Channing), 151
Plummer, Caroline, 241–42, 333
n
Plummer, Eunice May, 242
Porter, Maria, 254
Pratt, Anna Alcott (AMA’s eldest daughter, Nan)
business and finances, 142–43, 145, 150, 152, 154, 161–64, 169, 175, 177, 274
health issues, 155
journals and writing, 108, 159
personal and family life, 57–58, 70–71, 85–86, 91, 93, 97, 112, 116, 118–19, 121–22, 124, 127, 135, 164, 169–70, 172, 177, 180, 182, 184–87, 191–92, 194–95, 197–99, 203, 209, 218–20, 229, 241–43, 246–48, 253, 255–56, 258, 267–68, 273–75, 278, 283, 285
Pratt, Frederic Alcott (AAP’s son Freddy), 209, 241, 274, 278
Pratt, John (AAP’s husband)
death of, 241
health issues, 240–41
personal and family life, 182–87, 191–92, 194–95, 197–99, 203, 221, 229, 236–37, 283