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MEETING OF SOCIETY WILlLife of Way land Author To IBe Discussed1 'By Historical GroupSudbury—The last open meeting of the Wayland Historical Society for this year is being held tonight, Thursday, April 5, at the Wayland Public* Library at 8 p. m. Guests are welcome.A discussion of selected phases of the life of Lydia Maria Child, well-known author, who lived inWayland from 1852-80 will bepresented under the joint chairmanship of Isabel and Robert Wight with a committee consisting of Mrs. Charles Morgan, Mr?. Edward Scanlon, Mrs. Elizabeth Raymond and Mrs. Mabel S. Draper.Wayland s claim to Mrs. Child rests on her more than 25 years residence in the town. Her position in American letters is a substantial (me. She wrote4he firstNew England historical novel, but probably her best knownlines are from* the familiar Thanksgiving poem ‘‘Over the River and Through the Wood, to Grandmother’s House We Go.” The river was the Sudbury River and the late Miss Edith Buckingham of e Featherland Farm claimed thaf the “grandmother’s house” was the very houSe she lived in.Mrs. Child was also very active in the anti-slavery movement.
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Concord Enterprise
Concord, Massachusetts, US
Thu, Apr 05, 1956
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