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Caroline Sturgis Tappan (August 30, 1818 – October 20, 1888), commonly known as Caroline Sturgis, or "Cary" Sturgis, was an American Transcendentalist poet and artist. [1] [2] [3] She is particularly known for her friendships and frequent correspondences with prominent American Transcendentalists, such as Margaret Fuller and Ralph Waldo Emerson .
Aug 31, 2022 · Learn about the life and work of Caroline Sturgis Tappan, a 19th-century poet, children's author, and confidante of Emerson and Fuller. See her letters, poems, and illustrations from the MHS collections.
Born in 1819, Caroline "Carrie" Tappan grew up in Boston, Massachusetts, the fourth child in a family of five girls and one boy. Both of her parents were descended from old Cape Cod families. Her maternal grandfather John Davis was the U.S. district court judge for Massachusetts and the long-time president of the Massachusetts Historical Society.
Calmly to sleep. But the dews are falling, heavy and fast, Sadly sighs the cold night-blast, Loud roars the deep. I press my hands upon my heart--. 'Tis very cold! And swiftly through the forest dart. With footsteps bold.
Caroline Tappan was never afraid either of Margaret Fuller or Emerson. She sailed superbly through their little tempests, and in passing, graceful creature that she was, let fall her simplifications of the ardent and uplifted creed. [page 275] Selected Poems by Caroline Sturgis Tappan. The Magician's Showbox.
Caroline Sturgis Tappan was a Transcendentalist poet and friend of Ralph Waldo Emerson and Margaret Fuller. Together with her sister Ellen Sturgis Hooper, she contributed verse to the Transcendentalist literary magazine, The Dial. Collection is open for research. Caroline Sturgis Tappan Papers (MS Am 1221). Houghton Library, Harvard University.
Correspondence of Caroline Sturgis Tappan, chiefly with Ralph Waldo Emerson and Margaret Fuller, and poems by Tappan and others, including Emerson, Fuller, and Ellery Channing. There are approximately 125 letters from Emerson and over 50 from Margaret Fuller. Other papers include a small group of business documents and manuscript "books" done ...
