Sigourney, Lydia Huntley (F)

Surname: Sigourney
Forename(s): Lydia Howard Huntley
b. 1 September 1791. d. 10 June 1865. Nationality: American. VIAF.
Poet and philanthropist. Née “Huntley.” Published as “Mrs. Sigourney” and “L. H. Sigourney.” Founded a girls’ school in Norwich in 1811. Advocated for women’s education and Native American rights. Married Charles Sigourney on 16 June 1819. Travelled to England and France in 1840, a trip on which she based Pleasant Memories of Pleasant Lands (1842). Author of Poems (1827), Letters to Young Ladies (1833), Pocahontas and Other Poems (1841), and Western Home, and Other Poems (1854). Biographical information: Curran Index, ANB. (SP)

Poems associated with this person

Total poems: 24
Poem title Date Periodical Roles id #
“As Thy Day, So Shall Thy Strength Be” 1836-12-03 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 3436
The American Indians 1838 Forget-Me-Not Poet 15795
The Mother’s Sacrifice 1838 Forget-Me-Not Poet 15796
The Stars 1839 Forget-Me-Not Poet 15343
The Family Altar. A Cottage Scene 1839 Forget-Me-Not Poet 15344
The Benefactress 1840 Forget-Me-Not Poet 15175
Last Words of an Indian Chief 1840 Forget-Me-Not Poet 15170
The Tomb of Napoleon 1841 Forget-Me-Not Poet 15369
Farewell to the Flowers in Autumn 1841 Forget-Me-Not Poet 15384
Native Scenery 1841-04-17 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 5257
Sheep On the Cheviot Hills 1841-04-17 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 5256
The Early Blue-Bird 1841-04-24 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 5258
The Village Church 1842 Forget-Me-Not Poet 15441
The Ancient Monument 1842 Forget-Me-Not Poet 15439
The Return of Napoleon from St. Helena 1843 Forget-Me-Not Poet 15394
Victoria Opening the Parliament of 1841 1843 Forget-Me-Not Poet 15393
The Butterfly 1844 Forget-Me-Not Poet 15468
Prayers for One Gone to Sea 1844 Forget-Me-Not Poet 15448
The Grave of Osceola, a Young Indian Chief, Who Died in Captivity of a Broken Heart 1845 Forget-Me-Not Poet 15822
The Constant Friends 1845 Forget-Me-Not Poet 15833
The Snow-Storm 1845-11-22 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 5847
The Royal Guest. On the Visit of Queen Victoria to King Louis Philippe 1846 Forget-Me-Not Poet 15471
Harold and Tosti 1847 Forget-Me-Not Poet 15506
The Needle, Pen, and Sword 1847-10-02 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 5933