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References
- ↑ Marshall 2006, p. 513-14.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Griswold 1852, p. 38.
- ↑ Townsend 1856, p. 1-.
- 1 2 3 Simons 1881, p. 825.
- 1 2 3 Duyckinck & Duyckinck 1856, p. 125.
Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Duyckinck, Evert Augustus; Duyckinck, George Long (1856). Cyclopædia of American Literature (Public domain ed.). C. Scribner.- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Griswold, Rufus Wilmot (1852). The Female Poets of America (Public domain ed.). H.C. Baird.
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Simons, M. Latrd (1881). Cyclopaedia of American Literature (Public domain ed.).
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Townsend, Eliza (1856). Poems and Miscellanies (Public domain ed.). Press of G. C. Rand & Avery. p. 1.
Bibliography
- Marshall, Megan (11 May 2006). The Peabody Sisters: Three Women Who Ignited American Romanticism. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 0-547-34875-4.
