William Ellery Channing

MB came of Scottish and English gentry-class parentage (though her father, having no estate and practising no profession, was comparatively poor). She was presumably white. She accepted that her identity as a woman left her...

In her memoirs LA claims to have been acquainted with all the notable literary women of her time. She was a close friend of Joanna Baillie and Elizabeth Ogilvy Benger . Another important friend and...

Other friends included the Hon. Judith Milbanke (whose daughter became Lady Byron ), Lady Byron herself (whom Baillie strongly supported during the long-drawn-out unpleasantness of her marriage), Henry Reeve , William Sotheby , William Harness

MBE set a great deal of store by meeting men distinguished as authors or in other fields, as a spur to literary achievement of her own. She was given to boasting of her acquaintance with...

Besides her time in the USA with Fanny Kemble , Catherine Sedgwick , and William Channing , ABJ made the acquaintance of Frederick Marryat , whose advice on publishing matters she appreciated.

Dr William Ellery Channing , an American Unitarian and friend of Lucy Aikin , met and befriended FK . His views came to influence hers. She also met Harriet Martineau while in the USA.

One critic argues that FK equated her life on the stage with a kind of slavery and therefore developed a keen sympathy for those in bondage; however, the actual conditions of slavery were probably quite...

In a letter to the American Dr William Ellery Channing , dated 7 April 1832, LA comments on the inadequacies of women's education, and suggests that its focus is too firmly on the personal, to...

MC here investigates the causes of juvenile crime, and the home conditions and the parents (thieves, vagabonds, drunks) that turn young people into criminals. She gives space specifically to girls as well s to boys...

LA wrote the letters to Dr Channing (an American Unitarian minister), which, as printed, are probably her best-known.

Anna Letitia Le Breton , niece of LA , published two works concerning her: Memoir of Mrs. Barbauld (based on Aikin's manuscript FamilyHistory) and her correspondence with William Ellery Channing .

The full titles are Memoir of Mrs. Barbauld including letters and notices of her family and friends, by Le Breton, and Correspondence of William Ellery Channing , D.D., and Lucy Aikin, from 1826 to...

Tuckerman (1778 - 20 April 1840) was a Unitarian minister whose work among Boston's poorest earned him the title of the father of American social work. A lifelong friend of William Ellery Channing , he...

ABJ returned to the United States via Montreal and Quebec City. In the USA she visited Fanny Kemble in Philadelphia, developed a friendship with Catherine Sedgwick , and was received in Massachusetts by...