| Regularized form of name |
Variants |
Significance to Dickinson study |
Number of correspondences |
| Bacon, Sir Francis |
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| Badger, C.M. |
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- author, Wild Flowers Drawn and Colored from Nature
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| Badger, Rev. Henry C. |
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| Bailey, G.F. |
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- of G.F. Bailey & Co.'s circus
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| Bailly, Jean Sylvain |
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- mayor, Paris, during French Revolution
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| Baker, Alfred |
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| Baker, Cornelia Rockwell |
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| Baker, Elizabeth C. |
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| Baker, Osmyn |
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- withdrew from nomination for lieutenant govenor
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| Baldwin, James |
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| Ball, Albert W. |
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| Balzac, Honore de |
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| Bancroft, Mr. |
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| Banfield, Ann Scholfield Fiske |
- Ann
- Ann Fiske
- Annie
- Miss F
- Mrs. Ann Banfield
- Mrs. Anne Banfield
- Mrs. Banfield
- Mrs. Everett Colby Banfield
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- niece, Helen Hunt Jackson
- wife, Everett Colby
- best friend, Lavinia, Jane Hitchcock
- sister, Helen Fiske
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| Banfield, Everett Colby |
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- husband, Ann Scholfield Fiske Banfield
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| Bangs, Mrs. Barnabas |
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| Banks, Gov. Nathaniel |
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- govenor
- Civil War general
- US Congressman
- Governor of Massachusetts 1858-1861
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| Banks, Mary |
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- wife, Governor Nathaniel Banks
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| Barbauld, Anna Letitia Aiken |
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- hymn writer, "How blest the righteous when he dies"
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| Barlett, Mary Learned |
- "My dear Aunty"
- Mrs Barlett
- Mrs. Barlett
- Mrs. Mary Barlett
- Mrs. S. C. Barlett
- Mrs. Samuel Barlett
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- wife, Samuel Colcord Bartlett
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| Barlow, E. H. |
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| Barnes, Ezra |
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- actor--performed in "The Magic Prison"
- son, John Barnes
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| Barnes, John |
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- director/filmmaker including "The Magic Prison"
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| Barnes, Mrs. Lincoln |
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- contributer to Supplement
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| Barny, Mr. |
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| Bartlett, Mary Learned |
- "My dear Aunty"
- Mrs Bartlett
- Mrs. Bartlett
- Mrs. Mary Bartlett
- Mrs. S. C. Bartlett
- Mrs. Samuel Bartlett
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- wife, Samuel Colcord Bartlett
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| Bartlett, Rev. Samuel Colcord |
- Bartlett
- Mr B
- Mr Bartlett
- Rev. S. C. Bartlett
- Rev. Samuel Bartlett
- S. C. Bartlett
- Samuel Colcord Bartlett
- Sidney Bartlett
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- husband, Mary Learned Bartlett
- friend, Susan Huntington Gilbert Dickinson
- minister
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| Bartol, Dr. |
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| Bates, Jeanie P. Ashley |
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- wife, William C. Bates
- mother, Mrs. James C. Greenough
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| Bates, Rev. James |
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| Bates, Sara Newman |
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- daughter, Mark Haskell Newman
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| Bates, William C. |
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- husband, Jeanie P. Ashley Bates
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| Beaman, Mrs. Warren Harrison |
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| Beaman, Rev. Warren Harrison |
- Mr. Beaman
- Rev. Mr. W. H. Beaman
- Rev. W. H. Beaman
- W. H. Beaman
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| Beecher, Eunice White Bullard |
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| Beecher, Henry Ward |
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- author, The Life of Jesus, the Christ
- husband, Eunice Beecher
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| Beecher, Rev. Edward |
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| Beecher, Rev. Lyman |
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- author, A Plea for the West
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| Belden, Rev. Pomeroy |
- Mr. Belden
- Pomeroy Belden
- Rev. P. Belden
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- pastor, Second Congregational Church from 1842 until his death
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| Bell, Dr. Luther V. |
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| Belletti, Giovanni Battista |
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| Bellini, Vincenzo |
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| Benét, Laura |
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| Benét, Marjorie Flack |
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| Benét, Stephen |
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| Benét, William Rose |
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- brother, Laura Benét
- husband, Marjorie Flack Benét
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| Benjamin, Park |
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| Bennett, Paula |
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| Bent, Miss |
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| Bent, Rev. Josiah |
- Josiah Bent
- Mr Bent
- Mr Bent
- Mr.Bent
- Revd Josiah Bent
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- the earliest Amherst preacher we can be sure ED heard
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| Bentham, Jeremy |
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| Berk (Burke), Mathew A. |
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| Bernhard, Betty |
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| Bernhard, Mary Elizabeth Kromer |
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| Bertini Henri |
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- author, A Progressive and Complete Method for the Piano-Forte
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| Bianchi, Alexander E. |
- Captain Alexander Bianchi
- The Captain
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- husband, Martha Dickinson Bianchi
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| Bianchi, Martha Dickinson |
- Aunt Mattie
- M.D. Bianchi
- Madame Bianchi
- Madame Martha
- Madame Martha Dickinson Bianchi
- Martha
- Martha Bianchi
- Martha D. Bianchi
- Martha Dickinson
- Martha G
- Martha Gilbert Dickinson
- Martha Gilbert Dickinson Bianchi
- Mat
- Mattie
- Mattie Dickinson
- Matty
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- niece, ED
- daughter, William Austin and Susan Huntington Gilbert Dickinson
- wife, Alexander E. Bianchi
- editor, ED's poetry
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| Bigelow, Dr. O.F. |
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- doctor during ED's final illness and death
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| Bigelow, Judge |
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| Bigelow, Professor |
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| Billings, H. |
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| Billings, Salter |
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| Bingham, Millicent Todd |
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- daughter, Mabel Loomis Todd
- wife, Walter Van Dyke Bingham
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| Bishop, H.R. |
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| Bishop, John Peale |
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- co-editor, Antologia de Escritores Contemporaneos de los Estados Unidos
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| Bismarck-Schonhausen, Otto Eduard Leopold, Prince von |
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| Bispham, David Seull |
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| Blackstone, William |
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| Blackwell, Elizabeth |
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- first female doctor in U.S.
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| Blackwell, Lucy Stone |
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| Blind, Mathilde |
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- author, The Life of Marian Evans (George Eliot)
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| Bliss, Abby Maria Wood |
- A
- A. Wood
- Abbie
- Abbie Wood
- Abby
- Abby Maria Wood
- Abby Wood
- Miss Wood
- Mrs. Bliss
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- childhood friend, "circle of five," ED
- niece, Luke Sweetser
- wife, Daniel Bliss
- mother, Frederick J. Bliss
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| Bliss, Daniel |
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- husband, Abby Maria Wood Bliss
- contributor to founding, American Foreign Missions
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| Bliss, Frederick Jones |
- Dr. Fred Jones
- Dr. Frederick Jones Bliss
- Fred
- Frederick J. Bliss
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- son, Abby Maria Wood Bliss and Daniel Bliss
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| Bliss, George |
- Hon. Mr. Bliss
- Rev. Mr Bliss
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| Bliss, Howard Sweetser |
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- son of Daniel and Abby Maria Wood Bliss
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| Bliss, William Tyle |
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- son of Daniel and Abby Maria Wood Bliss
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| Blodgett, Edward P. |
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| Bodman, Grace Herbert Smith |
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| Boieldieu, Francois Adrien |
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| Boltwood, Charles Upham |
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| Boltwood, Clarinda B. Williams |
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- wife, Lucius Manlius Boltwood
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| Boltwood, Edmund |
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| Boltwood, Fanny Haskins Shepard |
- Mrs. Boltwood
- Mrs. Fanny Boltwood
- Mrs. tolcott
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- wife, Lucius Boltwood
- mother, Charles Upham Boltwood and Lucius Manlius Boltwood
- Relationship to Samuel F. Dickinson
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| Boltwood, Lucius |
- L. Boltwood Esq
- Mr Lucius Boltwood
- Mr. Boltwood
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- husband, Fanny Haskins Shepard Boltwood
- father, Lucius Manlius Boltwood
- founder, Amherst College
- law partner, Samuel Fowler Dickinson
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| Boltwood, Lucius Manlius |
- L. M. B.
- L. M. Boltwood
- Lucius
- Lucius Boltwood
- Lucius M. Boltwood
- Mr. B
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- oldest son, Lucius and Fanny Haskins Shepard Boltwood
- librarian of college, postmaster of town
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| Boltwood, Samuel |
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| Boltwood, Thomas Kast |
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| Bonaparte, Napoleon |
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| Bonney, Dr. Franklin |
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| Boone, Daniel |
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| Bouton, Mary |
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| Boutwell, George Sewall |
- Boutwell
- Governor Boutwell
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| Bowdoin, Elbridge Gridley |
- Bowdoin
- E.G. Bowdoin
- Elbridge Bowdoin
- Mr. Bowdoin
- Mr. Bowdoin of Floyd
- Mr. E.G. Bowdoin
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- law partner, Edward Dickinson
- held Republican views;
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| Bowles, Benjamin F. |
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| Bowles, Charles Allen |
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- son, Samuel Bowles II
- son, Mary Sanford Dwight Schermerhorn Bowles
- brother, Samuel Bowles III
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| Bowles, Dwight Whitney |
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| Bowles, Elizabeth Hoar |
- Elizabeth Hoar
- Mrs. Elizabeth Bowles
- Mrs. Samuel Bowles
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- daughter, Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar
- wife, Samuel Bowles III
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| Bowles, Elizabeth Lee |
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| Bowles, Mary Sanford Dwight Schermerhorn |
- Mary
- Mrs. Bowles
- Mrs. Mary Bowles
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- wife, Samuel Bowles II
- mother, Samuel Bowles III
- daughter, Henry V. R. Schermerhorn
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| Bowles, Ruth Standish |
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| Bowles, Samuel |
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- father, Samuel Bowles I
- founder, Springfield Daily Republican
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| Bowles, Samuel II |
- Bowles
- Mr B
- Mr Samuel
- Mr. Bowles
- Mr. Samuel Bowles
- Samuel Bowles
- Samuel Bowles, Jr.
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- friend, ED
- husband, Mary Sanford Dwight Schermerhorn Bowles
- father, Samuel Bowles III
- editor, Springfield Daily Republican
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- recipient of 35 letters, 33 poems
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| Bowles, Samuel III |
- Mr Bowles
- Mr S. Bowles, Jr.
- Mr Samuel Bowles
- S. Bowles, Jr.
- Sam
- Sam Bowles
- Samuel Bowles
- Samuel Bowles, Jr.
- Samuel the younger
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- husband, Elizabeth Hoar Bowles
- editor, Republican
- son, Samuel Bowles II
- son, Mary Sanford Dwight Schermerhorn Bowles
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| Bowles, Samuel IV |
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- son, Samuel Bowles III and Elizabeth Hoar Bowles
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| Boyce, Wiliam Waters |
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| Boyden, James W. |
- J. W. Boyden
- James Boyden
- Mr Boiden
- Mr Boyden
- Mr. J.W. Boyden
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| Bradford, Mr. and Mrs. |
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| Bradford, Thomas G. |
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- author, A Comprehensive Atlas
- co-author, Viri Romae
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| Bradlaugh, Charles |
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| Bradstreet, Anne |
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| Brady, Mr. |
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| Brennan, Father Francis |
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| Brewster, Catherine A. Wright |
- Miss Brewster
- Mrs. Brewster
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- wife, Dr. John Milton Brewster
- friend, ED
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| Brewster, Dr. John Milton |
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- husband, Catherine A. Wright Brewster
- family physician, Dickinsons
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| Briggs, Albert |
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| Briggs, Gov. George N. |
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| Brigham, Jerome Ripley |
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| Bronte, Anne |
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| Bronte, Branwell |
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| Bronte, Charlotte |
- Bronte
- Charlotte
- Currer
- Jane
- Jane Eyre
- Currer Bell
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- author, Jane Eyre, Shirley, Villette
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| Bronte, Emily |
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| Brooks, Phillips |
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| Bross, Gov. William |
- Gov Bross
- Govenor Bross
- Mr William Bross
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| Brown, Annie Currier |
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| Brown, James, of Alabama |
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| Brown, John |
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| Brown, Mark |
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- curator Rare Books and Manuscripts Brown University
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| Brown, Mrs. |
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| Brown, Mrs. James |
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| Brown, Winnifred |
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| Browne, Junius Henri |
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| Browne, Sir Thomas |
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| Brownell, Charles A. |
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| Brownell, W.C. |
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- author, "Victorian Prose Masters"
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| Browning, Elizabeth Barrett |
- E.B.B
- Mrs Browning
- Mrs. Elizabeth Barrett Browning
- "that Foreign Lady"
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- author, Aurora Leigh
- wife, Robert Browning
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| Browning, Robert |
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- author, "Pippa Passes," "Christmas Eve and Easter Day," "Sordello," "Men and Women," "Bells and Pomegrantes," "Love Among the Ruins," "By the Fireside"
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| Brunazzi, Elizabeth |
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- poet, ED scholar, contribuotor to EDIS Bulletin
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| Bryan, Mr. |
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| Bryant, William Cullen |
- Bryant
- W. C. Bryant
- Mr Bryant
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- author, "June," "Thanatopsis"
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| Buchanan, James |
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| Bullard, Ebenezer W. |
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- brother, Rev. Asa Bullard
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| Bullard, Joseph |
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- brother, Ebenezer W. Bullard, Asa Bullard
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| Bullard, Louisa Dana |
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| Bullard, Lucretia Gunn Dickinson |
- Aunt
- Aunt Bullard
- Bullard
- Lucretia Dickinson
- Lucretia Dickinson Bullard
- Lucretia Gunn Dickinson
- Mrs. Bullard
- Mrs. Lucretia Bullard
- Mrs. Lucretia G. Dickinson Bullard
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- wife, Rev. Asa Bullard
- sister, Edward Dickinson
- aunt, ED
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| Bullard, Mary Elizabeth |
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- author of hymn for Dickinson Framily Meeting
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| Bullard, O.A. |
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- family portrait painter, Dickinsons
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| Bullard, Rev. Asa |
- Asa Bullard
- Bullard
- Mr. Bullard
- Mr. Bullard
- Rev Mr Bullard S S Agt
- Rev. Mr. B.
- Uncle B
- Uncle Bullard
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- husband, Lucretia Dickinson
- brother-in-law, Edward Dickinson
- uncle, ED
- brother, Ebenezer Bullard
- brother, Eunice Bullard Beecher
- secretary and general agent, Mass. Sabbath School Society
- editor, The Sabbath School Visitor, The Congregational Visitor, The Wellspring
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| Bullock, Alexander Hamilton |
- A. H. Bullock
- Alexander Bullock
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- correspondent, Austin Dickinson
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| Bullock, Governor |
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| Bunyan, John |
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- author, Pilgrim's Progress
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| Burgess, Ebenezer G. |
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- tutor
- graduate, Amherst College
- physician
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| Burgess, George |
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| Burgess, John William |
- Burgess
- John W. Burgess
- Mr Burgess
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- author, Reminiscences of an American Scholar
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| Burgess, Mrs. George |
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- wife, George Burgess
- attempts suicide
|
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| Burke, Edmund |
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- author, Reflections on the Revolution in France
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| Burke, Joseph |
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| Burnell, K. A. |
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| Burnett, Frances Hodgson |
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- author, The Fair Barbarian
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| Burney, Frances |
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| Burns, Anthony |
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| Burns, Robert |
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| Burnside, A. E. |
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| Burr, Aaron |
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| Burr, Carrie |
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| Burritt, Elihu |
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| Burt, Mr. |
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| Bushnell, Horace Dr. |
- Dr Bushnell
- Horace Bushnell
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- author, Sermons for the New Life, Life and Letters of Horace Bushnell
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| Butler, Benjamin F. |
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| Butler, Mr. |
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| Byron, Lord |
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