Correspondence
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Spencer, Lilly Martin, 1822-1902
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content: Lilly Martin Spencer papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.3 Linear Feet (Boxes 1-2)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1828-1966
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.spenlill, Series 2
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: This series is digitized in entirety.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Early correspondence focuses primarily on preparations for the Martin family's emigration to the United States and includes letters of reference for Giles Martin prior to his departure from England. From the 1840s on there is correspondence between Spencer and her parents documenting daily routines, life events including the births of Spencer's children, and discussions of her work, paintings, and other professional activities. 


Professional correspondence relates to Spencer's work as a painter, including arrangements for exhibitions, her involvement in various professional associations, and sales and commissions for various people. Correspondents include artists, authors, editors, and historians and include Samuel Putnam Avery, Fannie Raymond Bitter, Charles H. Brainard, Cyrus Butler, T. Apolson Cheney, Mary Mapes Dodge, Jessie Benton Fremont, Robert Green Ingersoll, Jenny Lind, Rembrandt Lockwood, Benson John Lossing, John Sartain, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Further detail on correspondents is provided in the Container Listing.

Some of the letters include transcriptions and notes on dates and correspondents.