Last week I shared a letter from Lucy Chase to a Henry Sargent, and promised more about it this week. Here’s the letter again, as a refresher! Any thoughts? Well, according to those who have studied this letter, many agree that it is, in fact, a joke! Knowing Lucy’s personality (her wit, her humor, and her ...
I have always found Lucy Chase to be one of the most interesting women represented in our manuscript collection. Lucy was born in 1822 to a successful Worcester family. She spent time teaching in contraband camps and freedman schools in the South, and travelled across Europe with her sister for 5 years. She was intelligent, ...
