The years and hours of Emily Dickinson
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Table of Contents
1841-1845
1841 Nov., Edward Dickinson elected to the State Senate
1842 April, Austin Dickinson attends Williston Seminary for a term
April-May, Emily Dickinson's earliest extant letters, to her brother and to Jane Humphrey
Nov., Edward Dickinson returned to the State Senate
1844 April 29, death of Emily's friend, Sophia Holland
Emily is sent to Boston to improve her health and spirits
June, she returns to Amherst Academy and meets Abiah Root
Dec., a religious revival in Amherst
1845 Feb., Abiah Root reutrns to her home in Feeding Hills and begins her correspondence with Emily
May, Charles Temple cuts a silhouette of Emily
July, piano lessons from Mrs. Selby
Spet., Emily is kept at home for this term at the Academy
Dec., Emily attends Lyman Coleman's class in German.
1846-1850
1846 Jan.-March, ED's confessional letters to Abiah Root
May 5, death of Joel Norcross, ED's maternal grandfather
July, for reasons of health ED is withdrawn from the Academy
Is sent to Boston for August and September
Nov., the Coleman cousins leave for Princeton, N.J., and Boston
Dec. 2, ED resumes study at the Academy
1847 Aug., end of ED's seventh and last year at the Academy
Sept. 30, ED enters Mt. Holyoke Female Seminary, at South Hadley
Dec., an itinerant daguerreotypist takes ED's portrait
1848 Jan. 16-17, ED still sppears unconcerned about her salvation
March 25, ED not well and Austin fetches her home to Amherst
May-Aug., ED returns to school at South Hadley for her last term
Death of Jacob Holt
Aug. 30, Jane Humphrey, just graduated from Mt. Holyoke, is made preceptress at Amherst Academy
1849 Jan. 18, J. P. Kimball presents O. W. Holmes' Poems to ED
Feb. 14, W. C. Dickinson presents his sister Martha's copy of Picciola to ED
Aug., B. F. Newton leaves Edward Dickinson's office for Worcester
Oct. 9, ascension of Mt. Holyoke by Dickinson party
Dec. 5, Lavinia Dickinson leaves for school at the Ipswich Female Seminary
1850 Jan 11, ED's humorous attack on J. W. Norcross
Jan., B. F. Newton sends R. W. Emerson's Poems to ED
Feb., ED's Valentine to George Gould is published in the College Indicator
March-Aug., a religious revival in Amherst
Edward Dickinson and Susan Gilbert among the converted
Sept., Austin Dickinson begins his courtship of Susan Gilbert
Leaves to teach school at Sunderland
Nov. 26, this night is long to be remembered.
1851-1854
1851 Jan., Lavinia begins daily entries in her diary
June 8, ED's first letter to her brother in Boston to teach at the Endicott School
Sept., ED and Lavinia visit their brother in Boston
They consult Dr. Wesselhoeft there
Susan Gilbert leaves Amherst to teach school in Baltimore
1852 Feb. 20, ED's Valentine to William Howland is published in The Springfield Republican
July 2, death of Emily Norcross at Monson
Oct. 27, J. G. Holland comes for the Cattle Show
Meets the Dickinsons
Dec. 13, Edward Dickinson is elected to represent Hampshire County in Congress
1853 March, ED assists the clandestine correspondence of her brother with Susan Gilbert
March 24, death of B. F. Newton at Worcester
July, E. S. Dwight begins his Amherst pastorate
Sept., ED and Lavinia visit the Hollands at Springfield
Nov., Austin Dickinson and Susan Gilbert are engaged to be married
1854 Jan. 13, ED writes to Edward Everett Hale, B. F. Newton's last pastor
April, the Dickinson family visit Washington
ED remains in the Amherst house with Susan Gilbert and John Graves
Aug., at commencement Henry Vaughan Emmons introduces ED to Susan Phelps
Sept. 19/20, ED and Lavinia again visit the Hollands at Springfield
Oct., Susan Gilbert, escorted by Austin Dickinson, visits relatives in Michigan and Chicago
Nov. 13, Edward Dickinson loses his seat in Congress.
1855-1859
1855 Jan., Edward Dickinson returns for the last session of the 33rd Congress, followed by his family
Feb., ED and Lavinia remain in Washington
March, ED and Lavinia visit Eliza Coleman in Philadelphia before returning to Amherst
April, Edward Dickinson buys back the Dickinson homestead from Samuel Mack
Nov., the Dickinson family moves to the homestead, and Mrs. Dickinson's long illness begins
1856 July 1, in Geneva, N. Y., Austin Dickinson marries Susan Gilbert
The married couple move into a house newly built next door to the homestead
Sept., Eliza Coleman a visitor to the Dickinsons
Oct., ED's rye bread wins second prize at the cattle show
1857 Jan., Austin Dickinson appointed a Justice of the Peace
Aug., ED serves on a judging committee, for rye and Indian bread, at the cattle show
Dec. 16, R. W. Emerson, lecturing in Amherst, visits the Austin Dickinsons
1858 Spring, earliest extant draft of ED's letters to Master
Aug., ED begins her correspondence with Mr. and Mrs. Bowles
The family of Joseph Haven leaves Amherst for Chicago
Oct., Anna and Clara Newman move in with the Austin Dickinsons
Austin has typhoid fever
1859 Feb., Lavinia leaves for Boston, to stay with her sick aunt, Lavinia Norcross
Feb.-March, Kate Scott visits her friend, Susan Dickinson
ED begins to prepare systematic file copies of all satisfactory verses
Section of illustrations
Index to volume 1.
1866-1870
1866 Feb. 14, The Snake in the Republican
Feb., the widowed Mrs. Helen Hunt moves into the Newport boarding house occupied by the Higginsons
She hears about ED's poetry
Oct. 10, ED's youngest aunt, Elisabeth, marries A. N. Currier
Nov. 29/30, birth of Martha Dickinson
1867 Feb., J. L. Jenkins, new minister of the First Church, comes to Amherst
A new church building is discussed
July, Maria Whitney moves into the Bowles house as companion to Mrs. Bowles
1868 March, Mrs. Bowles makes it necessary for Maria Whitney to leave Springfield
May 27, Dr. J. G. Holland and family said for Europe
June, J. L. Dudley and family arrive in Milwaukee
1869 Feb., Margaret Maher comes to work for the Dickinsons
July-Oct., Mr. and Mrs. Bowles journey to the west coast
Oct-Nov., Lavinia visits Boston
1870 May 17, the Hollands return to America and Springfield
Aug. 17, T. W. Higginson's first visit to ED
Sept.?, Louise and Frances Norcross go to Milwaukee to care for Eliza Coleman Dudley.
1871-1875
1871 Jan. 10, Lavinia leaves Amherst on a visit to New York
June 3, Eliza Coleman Dudley dies, in Milwaukee
1872 March, the Hollands move from Springfield to New York
July 10, Edward Dickinson resigns as treasurer of the College
Oct. 23, J. L. Dudley remarries and the Norcross sisters return East
1873 July?, Mrs. Helen Hunt comes to Amherst to recover from an illness
Dec. 1, the trustees of Amherst College elect Austin Dickinson treasurer
Dec. 3, T. W. Higginson's second and last meeting with ED
1874 June 16, Edward Dickinson dies, in Boston
1875 June 15, Mrs. Edward Dickinson is paralyzed
July 31/Aug. 1, birth of Thomas Gilbert Dickinson
Oct. 19, wills made by Mrs. Edward Dickinson and ED
Nov. 29, Higginson reads poems by ED at the Woman's Club, Boston
Dec., O. P. Lord is named to the Massachusetts Supreme Court.
1876-1880
1876 Aug. 20, Mrs. Helen Hunt Jackson asks ED to contribute to an anthology of anonymous verse
Oct. 10, Mrs. Jackson visits ED
Oct.-Dec., Austin Dickinson ill of malarial fever
1877 Feb. 11, J. L. Jenkins preaches his last sermon at the First Church, he later moves his family to Pittsfield
Ned Dickinson suffers an epileptic attack
Sept. 2, Mrs. Higginson dies
Dec. 3, Samuel Bowles suffers a serious apoplectic attack
1878 Jan. 16, Samuel Bowles dies, in Springfield
June, Mrs. Edward Dickinson falls and breaks her hip
July 25, an anonymous article in the Republican points to ED and Mrs. Jackson's collaborator on the Saxe Holm stories
Oct. 24, Mr. and Mrs. Jackson visit ED in Amherst
Nov. 20, publication of A Masque of Poets, with ED's Success
1879 Jan., ED begins direct correspondence with Thomas Niles, of Roberts Brothers, publishers
Feb. 1, T. W. Higginson remarries
1880 May, Maria Whitney resigns from the faculty of Smith College
Aug.?, Charles Wadsworth's last visit to ED
Nov., a Charity asks ED to contribute poems to a sale.
1881-1886
April, ED ill
O. P. Lord visits the Dickinsons
Oct. 12, J. G. Holland dies, in New York
1882 April 1, Charles Wadsworth dies, in Philadelphia
April 14-17, O. P. Lord visits the Dickinsons
May 1, O. P. Lord suffers a stroke, at Salem
July 27, Luke Sweetser dies
Aug. 22, ED's first letter to J. D. Clark, Wadsworth's friend
Sept. 10, Mrs. Todd visits the Dickinson homestead for the first time
Sept.-Oct., Maggie Maher ill at the Kelley home with typhoid fever
Nov. 14, Mrs. Edward Dickinson dies
1883 March 31, Thomas Niles asks ED to submit a volume of her poems for publication
May 13, ED's cousin Willie Dickinson dies, at Saratoga
Sept. 8, O. P. Lord and the Farleys visit Amherst
Oct. 5, T. Gilbert Dickinson, ED's nephew, dies
ED falls seriously ill, diagnosed as nervous prostration
1884 March 13, Otis Phillips Lord dies, in Salem
June 14, first attack of ED's final illness
Sept. 5, Mrs. Jackson asks to be made ED's literary legatee and executor
1885 Aug 13, Mrs. Helen Hunt Jackson dies, in San Fransisco
Nov. 30, ED ill
1886 Jan. 12, ED's illness grows more serious
May 15, Emily Dickinson dies
Supplement
Sources
Index to volume 2.
Volume I
List of illustrations
Introduction
The people around Emily Dickinson
1828-1840
1828 May 6, marriage of Edward Dickinson and Emily Norcross; they share the Widow Montague's house and take in student boarders
1829 April 16, birth of their first child, William Austin Dickinson
1830 April 3, purchase of half of Samuel F. Dickinson's homestead, into which Edward Dickinson's family moves this fall
Dec. 10, birth of their second child, Emily Elizabeth Dickinson
1833 Feb. 28, birth of their third child, Lavinia Norcross Dickinson
Aunt Lavinia Norcross takes Emily to Monson
March, Samuel F. Dickinson sells his share of the homestead and moves to Ohio
1834 Nov. 4, marriage of Loring and Lavinia Norcross
1835 Aug. 4, Edward Dickinson appointed treasurer of Amherst College
1837 Jan., Edward Dickinson serves his first term in the State Legislature
1838 April 22, death of Samuel F. Dickinson at Hudson, Ohio
1839 Jan., Edward Dickinson's third term in the Legislature
Nov., Edward Dickinson fails to win nomination for Congress
1840 March, O. A. Bullard paints portraits of the Dickinson parents and children
April, the Dickinsons move from the homestead to a frame house on Pleasant Street
May 11, death of Lucretia Gunn Dickinson at Enfield
Sept. 7, Emily and Lavinia begin their first year at Amherst Academy.
Volume II
1860-1865
1860 Feb., after 4 years of illness, Mrs. Dickinson re-appears in village society
March?, Charles Wadsworth visits the Dickinson home
May 6, Susan Phelps breaks her engagement with H. V. Emmons
Aug. 9, Commencement is attended by Samuel Bowles, Lt. and Mrs. E. B. Hunt, O. P. Lord, Eliza Coleman, and John Dudley
Sept. 2, for reason of his wife's health, E. S. Dwight leaves the First Church for Maine
Sept. 12, Edward Dickinson is nominated for lieutenant governor
He later declines the nomination
Oct., ED and Lavinia visit the Colemans in Middletown, Conn.
1861 April, first volunteers from Amherst and the College
May 4, The May-Wine in the Republican
June 6, Eliza Coleman and John Dudley are married in Monson
June 19, first child born to Austin and Susan Dickinson, Edward, Ned
Oct., I Had a Terror-Since September-I Could Tell to None
Samuel Bowles is a patient in a Northampton water-cure
1862 March 1, The Sleeping in the Republican
March 14, Frazar Stearns dies in the battle of New Bern
April 5, Samuel Bowles visits the Dickinsons before sailing for Europe, April 9
April 15, ED writes her first letter to T. W. Higginson, after reading his Atlantic essay, Letter to a Young Contributor
May 1, Charles Wadsworth and family sail for San Fransisco
Nov. 15, Samuel Bowles returns from Europe
Dec., T. W. Higginson is appointed colonel of a regiment of Negro volunteers
1863 Jan. 17, on the death of Loring Norcross, Louise and Frances are orphaned
July 24, Col. Higginson suffers a concussion from an exploding shell
Sept., I Was Ill Since September...
1864 Feb., ED to Boston, for an eye examination by Dr. Henry Williams
March 12, My Sabbath in The Round Table, a New York weekly edited by two of ED's cousins
March 30, Sunset in the Republican
April, ED moves to a Cambridgeport boarding house, occupied by her Norcross cousins, while her eyes are treated by Dr. Williams
May 13, Austin Dickinson is drafted
He furnishes $500 for a substitute
Oct., T. W. Higginson is honorably discharged for physical disability, and takes up residence in Newport, R. I.
Nov. 28, ED returns to Amherst
1865 April 1, ED goes East again, for treatments with Dr. Williams
Aug., Samuel Bowles and Maria Whitney in California
Oct.?, ED returns to Amherst from Cambridgeport.
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2 volumes : illustrations, portraits, facsimiles ; 24 cm
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"Variety of juxtaposed documents, transcribed and extracted from manuscripts and printed sources, ordered and dominated by a single chronology"--Page xix.
Bibliography
"The sources": volume 2, pages 485-488. "Locations of manuscripts, illustrations, memorabilia": volume 2, pages 489-503.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Leyda, J., & Dickinson, E. (1960). The years and hours of Emily Dickinson . Yale University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Leyda, Jay, 1910-1988 and Emily Dickinson. 1960. The Years and Hours of Emily Dickinson. Yale University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Leyda, Jay, 1910-1988 and Emily Dickinson. The Years and Hours of Emily Dickinson Yale University Press, 1960.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Leyda, Jay, and Emily Dickinson. The Years and Hours of Emily Dickinson Yale University Press, 1960.
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