Marmee & Louisa (71 page)

   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