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ALCOTT, LOUISA MAY AND A. BRONSON ALCOTT. Two Signed cards autographed by: "L.M. Alcott." and "A Bronson Alcott." Signatures written in black and brown ink on rectangular cards.
ND. Louisa May Alcott, the second daughter of Amos Bronson Alcott and Abigail "Abba" May was born in Germantown, Pennsylvania on November 29, 1832. At an early age, Louisa and her family moved to Boston, Massachusetts where her father pursued his teaching career by setting up the Temple School. Bronson Alcott was well known for his controversial teaching methods which relied more on student involvement and a belief that children should enjoy learning. In 1840 the family moved to Concord where prominent American author and close friend of the Alcott's, Ralph Waldo Emerson, helped the family to set up residence. Louisa enjoyed the county atmosphere of Concord and found her time divided between acting out plays with her sisters which she had written, and nature walks with Henry David Thoreau. In 1843 the Alcott family took part in an experimental communal village known as the Fruitlands. Here Bronson Alcott wished to further his beliefs in transcendentalism and bring his daughters a greater understanding of nature. Good plus condition. Both signatures are clearly written in ink on white paper cards. The "L.M. Alcott" signature is on a 3.5" x 2" piece of white paper, with clipped corners and affixed to an endpaper which has been removed from a book. The "A. Bronson Alcott" autograph is on a 4.25" x 2.5" card which has some glue residue on the back and with "author, father of Louisa M. Alcott" written in pencil on the back as well.
Offered for US$ 1000.00 by: Brainerd F. Phillipson, Rare Books - Book number: 4211
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