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Born in New Hampshire, she was educated at home and by her mother and brother, Horatio. She married a young lawyer, David Hale, who died in 1822. As a result she had to find a way to support herself and her five children. She utilized her literary skills and published a collection of poems with mild success followed by her first novel entitled Northwood in 1827. Northwood advocated the repatriation of slaves to Africa by means of Liberia and called for New England style morality throughout the nation. In 1828 she began editing The Ladies’ Magazine of Boston, the first magazine for women to be edited by a woman. It had its financial difficulties and was united with Godey’s Lady’s Book (the majorly influential women’s magazine of the 19th century) in 1837. Godey’s was based in Philadelphia and she eventually she moved to Philadelphia from Boston to become more involved in her editorship of the magazine. These magazines acted as her platform to promote her moral agendas. She was a major proponent of equal education for women; however she was not a suffragist. She pushed for men and women to remain within their god-given spheres and believed women needed education to be better moral upholders of the home. Aside from being the editor of Godey’s Lady’s Book, she wrote many books and poems while lobbying for educational and social reform. Hale is also the author of Mary had a Little Lamb and the main person responsible for making Thanksgiving a national holiday (it was previously only celebrated in her native New England). Hale died in 1879 and was survived by four children (her oldest son died in 1839). Abstract A summary of the resource. This collection of letters contains the correspondence of Sarah Josepha Buell Hale. It contains letters relating to both her professional and personal life and spans a 43 year period. It also contains a small number of letters between her close relatives. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Boston, Oct 16, 1832 /. My dear Son - Your letter enclosing the bills reached me safely. The money was very acceptable, but nothing in comparison with the kind and noble resolutions you express of future exertions. It was to awaken such feelings that I wrote. I have not wished to cloud your mind with the cares of the world, any further than [item necessity?] and your own improvement rendered indispensable. But you will soon be obliged to mingle in the world as a man. You must be armed to endure the shocks and resist the temptations. You must begin to calculate your course, to discriminate the objects of pursuit most worth your exertions. I trust I shall not be disappointed in my hopes that you will be a blessing and support to me and your sisters & young brother. Do not, however, imagine that I am suffering. It is true, I have many perplexities. How could it be otherwise! It is not a trifling thing to support five persons - and then the education of the children is every season increasing in expense. Still I manage to keep on. I have kind friends, and I labor hard, and am very prudent. I am now engaged on another work, which will, I hope be popular as "Flora," and if the Magazine continues next year as profitable as it has been this I shall meet my expenses. But you will feel that these uncertainties must often trouble me. Now with respect to your own plans. What do you wish to do when you graduate? It is time we begin to make calculations for that event, I named your becoming an assistant because I do so dread to have you stationed at the far West or the sickly South - and then you will be too young to be placed in a station of responsibility as an officer or at least, I should prefer to have you engaged in a less hazardous situation. You entered the Academy too early, & I was not sufficiently acquainted with the requisitions of the Institution. But this we cannot now help. The only course is to make the best we can of present circumstances. I have friends at Washington, & if my application can do any good towards procuring you a situation more consonant to your wishes and to the plans for future improvement which I hope you are forming, I will use all my endeavors to succeed. Now I wish you to reflect in the [hours?] before you. What can you hope for? What are you qualified to obtain? And what situation, of those you believe attainable, should you prefer? And why should you prefer it? Answer these questions in your next, and I we will consider the subject, and endeavor to assist you in the obtaining of the employment we shall, on the whole, think most beneficial. I should prefer the Civil Engineering to a station in the army for you. Dr Spurzheim the great German phrenologist is in Boston. I am delighted with his lectures, and hope you will have the privilege of hearing him. He will probably visit West Point. He is very popular here, and deserves to be, for he devotes his great talents to the cause of education & moral improvement. I [DE: am] have become personally acquainted with him - and feel it a high privilege. He pronounces Horatio's head to be very extraordinary [etc.] Yours affectionately S.J Hale PS. I shall go to N.H. next week, to Newport & Keene. Josepha is to spend the winter in Concord with her Aunt Barton - & Marthaann will be in Boston & Salem through the winter. H. & W. send much love. Wm has entered the public Latin School. - - [?] Cadet David E. Hale West-Point N York. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 46-M-143 Title A name given to the resource Sarah Josepha Hale to David E. Hale Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Hale, Sarah Josepha Buell, 1788-1879 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1832-10-16 October 16, 1832 Type The nature or genre of the resource text Medium The material or physical carrier of the resource. Manuscripts Language A language of the resource eng Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Sarah Josepha Hale Collection, The Athenaeum of Philadelphia Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://www.philaathenaeum.org/rights.html David E. 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Title A name given to the resource Sarah Josepha Hale Collection Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1826-1869 Description An account of the resource Sarah Josepha Buell Hale (1788-1879) was a major literary figure of the 19th century. Born in New Hampshire, she was educated at home and by her mother and brother, Horatio. She married a young lawyer, David Hale, who died in 1822. As a result she had to find a way to support herself and her five children. She utilized her literary skills and published a collection of poems with mild success followed by her first novel entitled Northwood in 1827. Northwood advocated the repatriation of slaves to Africa by means of Liberia and called for New England style morality throughout the nation. In 1828 she began editing The Ladies’ Magazine of Boston, the first magazine for women to be edited by a woman. It had its financial difficulties and was united with Godey’s Lady’s Book (the majorly influential women’s magazine of the 19th century) in 1837. Godey’s was based in Philadelphia and she eventually she moved to Philadelphia from Boston to become more involved in her editorship of the magazine. These magazines acted as her platform to promote her moral agendas. She was a major proponent of equal education for women; however she was not a suffragist. She pushed for men and women to remain within their god-given spheres and believed women needed education to be better moral upholders of the home. Aside from being the editor of Godey’s Lady’s Book, she wrote many books and poems while lobbying for educational and social reform. Hale is also the author of Mary had a Little Lamb and the main person responsible for making Thanksgiving a national holiday (it was previously only celebrated in her native New England). Hale died in 1879 and was survived by four children (her oldest son died in 1839). Abstract A summary of the resource. This collection of letters contains the correspondence of Sarah Josepha Buell Hale. It contains letters relating to both her professional and personal life and spans a 43 year period. It also contains a small number of letters between her close relatives. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Boston, Nov. 11, 1832 - My dear Son - I returned from my jaunt into N.H. last Tuesday, and found your letter awaiting me. I went to Newport - the place & people seem much as usual to me - but you would find changes. Mr. & Mrs. Edes are the same, however, & desired much love to you. Henry Baldwin & William [Forsaith?] are both in Boston, working at the printer's trade. Do you wish you were with them? Your Aunt & family in Keene are well, and said much of you. I hope next year you will be able to visit all your friends. I brought Martha Ann with me to spend the winter, Josepha will pass the time at Concord, with her Aunt Barton. Horatio & Willey are well & happy - and my own health is tolerable. With regard to your choice - I highly approve it - and will do all I can to assist you in obtaining the situation. You must yourself to the utmost. There is an examination in Jan. I think, see if you cannot be better prepared to meet it then you have ever been the half-yearly examinations. And try to obtain the favor of Colonel Thayer & all your instructors. [Their?] good word will do much. I will write to Woodbury, the Secy. of War - he is my friend, and if you have good recommendations from West Point, I trust we shall be successful. I am, just now, quite disposed to be melancholy. I believe I named to you Dr. Spurzheim - the great phrenologist from Germany. He died last night! The event has cast a gloom over our city, and it should - for he was a man devoted to doing good - and had he lived to make, as he intended the tour of our country, & lectured before the people, I feel confident his influence on education and social improvement would have been of inestimable value. - He is to be buried next Saturday - and everything which can testify the respect our citizens felt for his character & labors here will be done. Alas - how poor is human life - our hopes & wishes & schemes, how soon they end. And such a man must die in the full strength of his intellect - & in the full pursuit of all that is pure & beneficial to the human race - and others, who are burdens or pests to society live on. But the good ar [are?] blessed in life or death, and that thought should console us for Dr. Spurzheim. He was good as well as great. The children all send love. Hastily but affectionately, Sarah J. Hale. For / Cadet D. E. Hale West-Point N. York Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 46-M-144 Title A name given to the resource Sarah Josepha Hale to David E. Hale Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Hale, Sarah Josepha Buell, 1788-1879 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1832-11-11 November 11, 1832 Type The nature or genre of the resource text Medium The material or physical carrier of the resource. Manuscripts Language A language of the resource eng Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Sarah Josepha Hale Collection, The Athenaeum of Philadelphia Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://www.philaathenaeum.org/rights.html David E. Hale Johann Spurzheim United States Military Academy West Point (NY)