Thomas Hill Letter to “Mrs. Sarah A. Ripley, Concord”
Category:
Archive
Property:
Old Manse
Title:
Thomas Hill Letter to “Mrs. Sarah A. Ripley, Concord”
Type:
Correspondence and communication
Description:
Letter from Thomas Hill (1818-1891) to Sarah Alden Bradford Ripley (1793-1867) containing algebraic equations. Handwritten in pen, double sided. Sarah Alden Bradford Ripley was a scholar who had been taught by John Allyn (1767-1833), Jacob Cushing (1730-1809), and on her own. She was the wife of Rev. Samuel Ripley (1783-1847), the minister at First Parish in Waltham and owner of The Old Manse. She and Rev. Ripley moved into The Old Manse in 1846 and she taught students out of their home. She also had a great number of intellectual visitors. She read numerous languages, including Latin, Greek, German, French, Italian, and Spanish, and her books are still part of The Old Manse book collection. Ripley continued to teach young students and her grandchildren, including painter Edward Emerson Simmons (1852-1831), until her death in 1867.
Creator:
Hill, Thomas, 1818-1891
Date:
1840 - 1849
Extent:
1 item (2 pages) : paper ; 25 x 19 cm
Object ID:
OM.MS.002
People:
Hill, Thomas 1818-1891; Ripley, Sarah Alden, 1793-1867
Subjects:
Mathematics
Rights:
CC BY-NC-ND The Old Manse Manuscripts are the physical property of The Trustees of Reservations. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns.