In Phelps, A.A. The life of Mrs. Fanny L. Bartlett (Boston, 1860), frontispiece., Facsimile signature: I remain yours truly F.L. Bartlett., Mrs. Bartlett was the wife of Dr. Oliver C. Bartlett, a physician and lay preacher in the Methodist Episcopal Church. Cf. Widmann, R.D. "'Lost in the immensity of God': A pre-Civil War Methodist woman's experience of the presence and power of God," Methodist history 25:3 (April 1987), 164-75., Three-quarter portrait of Mrs. Bartlett, seated, wearing a bonnet and a shawl.
Waist-length seated portrait of the writer., In The American phrenological journal, vol. 31 (May, 1860), p. 72., Mary Booth was an author, translator, and editor. Largely self-taught, she wrote and edited dozens of works, and served as editor of Harper’s Bazaar.
In Account of the golden wedding of James and Mary Brewster, September 18, 1860 (New Haven, 1860), frontispiece., Facsimile signature: Your Affectionate Mother Mary Brewster., Waist-length portrait of the woman wearing a lace collar and a lace bonnet.
In The only complete report of the Burch divorce case (New York, 1860), front wrapper., Waist-length portrait of Mrs. Burch, seated with her arm resting on a table., Mrs. Burch’s husband Isaac accused her of adultery, and she countersued that he had married her for her wealth and was carrying on a relationship outside their marriage as well.
Full-length portrait of the young woman, standing with hands clasped and arms uplifted. In the foreground Anglo and Indian men wield swords while two women stand weeping in the background., In Frost, John. Daring and heroic deeds of American women (Philadelphia, 1860), frontispiece., Jemima Boone was the daughter of pioneer Daniel Boone. While living in Kentucky in 1776, she and a friend by the name of Miss Calloway [i.e., Callaway] were captured by a group of Indians. The girls were retrieved after a fatal confrontation between Boone’s men and the Indian men., Another portrait appears in: Frost, John. Daring and heroic deeds of American women (Philadelphia, 1860), plate following p. 26.
Full-length portrait of the back of Mrs. Daviess, holding a shotgun aimed at an Indian man stepping through a doorway., In Frost, John. Daring and heroic deeds of American women (Philadelphia, 1860), plate following p. 206., Mrs. Daviess was the wife of the late 18th-century Kentucky pioneer Samuel Daviess. She tricked her potential captor into setting down his gun, which she then used to hold him hostage.
In Memorial of Mrs. Abigail Adams Felt (Boston, 1860), frontispiece., Facsimile signature: Abby Adams Felt., Mrs. Felt was the niece of Abigail Adams., Waist-length photograph of Mrs. Felt, wearing bonnet and lace collar, with a window in the background.
In “Trial of Joel Clough,” in The trail of blood (New York, 1860), p. 304., In June 1833, Mary Hamilton, resisted the sexual advances of Joel Clough, who lived in a boarding house which her mother Elizabeth Longstreth kept in Mount Holly, New Jersey. The young widow died after Clough stabbed her three times., Full-length portrait of Mary W. Hamilton on the landing of a stairway, gesturing for help. Joel Hough is visible at the top of the stairs, holding a knife., This image also appears in the earlier edition of this work, Confessions, trials, and biographical sketches of the most cold-blooded murderers (Hartford, 1854), p. 304.
In “An Indian outrage,” in The trail of blood (New York, 1860), p. [9]., According to legend, Abenaki Indians took Hannah Duston and her children’s nurse Mary Neff captive in March 1697 in Haverhill, Mass. Later that month, Mrs. Duston and Mrs. Neff escaped their captors by murdering them while they slept, and returned to Haverhill with ten Indian scalps., Three-quarter portrait of Hannah Duston, raising a hatchet above her head. With her is Mary Neff, also kneeling, and three prostrate bodies., This image also appears in the earlier edition of this work, Confessions, trials, and biographical sketches of the most cold-blooded murderers (Hartford, 1854), p. [9].
In Hartley, C.B. The three Mrs. Judsons (Philadelphia, 1860), frontispiece., Waist-length portrait of Mrs. Judson., Another portrait appears in: American missionary memorial (New York, 1853), p. 102.
In Hartley, C.B. Three Mrs. Judsons (Philadelphia, 1860), frontispiece. Portrait also stamped in gold on spine., Waist-length portrait of the writer, who accompanied her husband, the missionary Adoniram Judson, to Burma following their marriage., Another portrait appears in Hunt, L. The American biographical sketch book (New York, 1848), plate opposite p. 202.
In The missionary sisters (Boston, 1860), frontispiece., Facsimile signatures: Seraphina H. Everett; H.M.L. Hamlin., Two separate waist-length portraits of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions missionaries, in arabesque frames: Mrs. Seraphina Haynes Everett; Mrs. Harriet Martha Hamlin.
In Bennett, S.R.I. Walks of usefulness (New York, 1868), frontispiece. Text first published in 1843., Bust-length portrait of Mrs. Prior, wearing eyeglasses and a bonnet.
Three-quarter length portrait of Miss Washburn holding a rifle and glancing back at a wounded Indian., In Frost, John. Daring and heroic deeds of American women (Philadelphia, 1860), plate following p. 268., After being held captive for ten years by a group of Indians, Miss Washburn encountered several pioneers. She persuaded them to provide her with a rifle, which she then used to kill two of her captors as they launched an attack on the pioneers.
Shoulder-length portrait of the educator in profile, with hair braided around crown of head., In The American phrenological journal, vol. 31 (Jan., 1860), p. 1., “She has been a ‘substitute,’ an efficient teacher to thousands, among whom not a few are known to honor and fame. She has achieved what no other woman in America has done, viz., been elected teacher of elocution in several literary and scientific institutions of note in our country.”--P. 2.
Full-length portrait of Mrs. Woods in the foreground, seemingly unaware of an Indian man entering the house behind her., In Frost, John. Daring and heroic deeds of American women (Philadelphia, 1860), plate following p. 120., “Early one morning, sometime in the year 1784, Mr. Woods being absent from home, and Mrs. Woods being a short distance from the cabin, she discovered several Indians advancing towards it. She ran towards the cabin, and reached the door before all the Indians but one, who pursued so closely, that before she could secure the door, he entered. A lame negro in the cabin instantly seized the savage, and, after a short scuffle, they both fell – the negro underneath. The resolute black fellow held his antagonist so tightly that he could not use his knife. Mrs. Woods then seized an axe from under the bed, and, at the request of the negro, struck the savage upon the head.”--P. 120.
