A friend of Emily
Daguerreotype by unidentified photographer, ca.1848
Abby Maria Wood was an intimate friend of Emily Dickinson during their school years, but after she joined the church in a heated revival in 1850, the two gradually diverged. Wood married an Amherst-trained minister, Daniel Bliss, in 1855 and embarked on the life of a missionary. On Beirut. her husband helped found the Syrian Protestant College.
Title
Abby Maria Wood Bliss
Creator
Unidentified photographer
Date
ca.1848
Extent
1 daguerreotype
Description
Abby Maria Wood was an intimate friend of Emily Dickinson during their school years, but after she joined the church in a heated revival in 1850, the two gradually diverged. Wood married an Amherst-trained minister, Daniel Bliss, in 1855 and embarked on the life of a missionary. On Beirut. her husband helped found the Syrian Protestant College.
Collection:
Yankee Publishing Company Records (MS 732)
Identifier
mums732-s06-i003
Cite As:
Abby Maria Wood Bliss. Unidentified photographer, ca.1848. Yankee Publishing Company Records (MS 732)
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