Correspondence between astronomer Maria Mitchell and science educator Mary A. Hastings

by Maria Mitchell, Mary A. Hastings

$4,500 · Offered by Whitmore Rare Books

Poughkeepsie, NY & Petersburg, VA: 1869-1870. This exceptional correspondence documents the esteemed astronomer Maria Mitchell 1818 - 1889 supporting the career of Troy Female Seminary science educator Mary Anne Hastings 1822 - 1906? . Two ALS and an envelope: Maria Mitchell's letter, dated December 6, 1869, 2 pp. on one sheet measuring 116 x 181 mm, folded , and her envelope measuring 132 x 73 mm addressed to Hastings and postmarked Poughkeepsie, NY; and

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