John Sullivan Dwight correspondence regarding Brook Farm, 1840-1848 Search

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Albert Brisbane autograph letter signed to John Sullivan Dwight, New York, December 2, 1845

1 pp 1845

Brisbane comments on the progress of associationism. Quoted in The Idyll of Brook Farm, p. 31.

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Albert Brisbane autograph letter signed to John Sullivan Dwight, New York, December 30, 1845

1 pp 1845

Brisbane comments on the progress of associationism.

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Albert Brisbane autograph letter signed to John Sullivan Dwight, New York, [December 15, 1845]

1 pp 1845

Brisbane comments on the progress of associationism.

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Charles Anderson Dana autograph letter signed to John Sullivan Dwight, [Brook Farm], [March 1846]

1 pp 1846

The Brook Farmers will meet with the creditors and holders of loans on the community to ask for a reduction in their interest rates. If this is not possible, then they will have to declare bankruptcy. Quoted in The Idyll of Brook Farm, p. 43.

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Christopher List autograph letter signed to John Sullivan Dwight, Philadelphia, March 14, 1845

1 pp 1845

List has read Dwight's letter to James Kay about the reorganization of Brook Farm along Fourierist lines and says he is fully in support of it. Quoted in The Idyll of Brook Farm, p. 35-36.

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Edmund Tweedy autograph letter signed to John Sullivan Dwight, New York, April 18, 1846

1 pp 1946

Tweedy wishes Brook Farm well and says Dr. Wilkenson would have no objection to seeing his favorable letter on the community published in the Harbinger.

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Fanny Macdaniel autograph letter signed to John Sullivan Dwight, [Brook Farm], April 28

1 pp 1840

Macdaniel asks for information about the Brook Farm school for a friend.

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George Ripley autograph letter signed to John Sullivan Dwight, Brook Farm, March 19, 1846

1 pp 1846

Ripley describes the future prospects of the community after the Phalanstery fire. He also comments on the belated celebration of Charles A. Dana's marriage. Quoted in The Idyll of Brook Farm, p. 39-40.

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George William Curtis autograph letter signed to John Sullivan Dwight, New York, November 11, 1843

1 pp 1843

Curtis already misses the people and culture at Brook Farm.

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Georgiana Bruce Kirby autograph letter signed to John Sullivan Dwight, Alton, Illinois, January 18, 1846

1 pp 1846

Bruce misses Brook Farm but keeps up on it by reading the Harbinger. She has obtained seven new subscriptions for the paper in Illinois.

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James Kay Jr. autograph letter signed to John Sullivan Dwight, Philadelphia, April 22, 1846

1 pp 1846

Kay sends money to pay for his board during a recent visit to Brook Farm. He will try to raise money for the community in Philadelphia. Quoted in The Idyll of Brook Farm, p. 43.

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James Kay Jr. autograph letter signed to John Sullivan Dwight, Philadelphia, March 2, 1846

1 pp 1846

Kay despairs more than ever about the possibilities for the success of Brook Farm. There has been too much emphasis on associationism and reform, and not enough on making each member working to make the community pay its own way. Quoted in The Idyll of Brook Farm, p. 37-38.

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John Sullivan Dwight correspondence regarding Brook Farm, 1840-1848

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Albert Brisbane autograph letter signed to John Sullivan Dwight, New York, December 2, 1845

Albert Brisbane autograph letter signed to John Sullivan Dwight, New York, December 30, 1845

Albert Brisbane autograph letter signed to John Sullivan Dwight, New York, [December 15, 1845]

Charles Anderson Dana autograph letter signed to John Sullivan Dwight, [Brook Farm], [March 1846]

Christopher List autograph letter signed to John Sullivan Dwight, Philadelphia, March 14, 1845

Edmund Tweedy autograph letter signed to John Sullivan Dwight, New York, April 18, 1846

Fanny Macdaniel autograph letter signed to John Sullivan Dwight, [Brook Farm], April 28

George Ripley autograph letter signed to John Sullivan Dwight, Brook Farm, March 19, 1846

George William Curtis autograph letter signed to John Sullivan Dwight, New York, November 11, 1843

Georgiana Bruce Kirby autograph letter signed to John Sullivan Dwight, Alton, Illinois, January 18, 1846

James Kay Jr. autograph letter signed to John Sullivan Dwight, Philadelphia, April 22, 1846

James Kay Jr. autograph letter signed to John Sullivan Dwight, Philadelphia, March 2, 1846