# Lucy Larcom: Life, Letters, and Diary

Author: Addison, Daniel Dulany, 1863-1936

Genre: Category: Biographies

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/55751

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## Summary

Lucy Larcom was born on March 5, 1824, in the old seaside town of Beverly, Massachusetts. She was next to the youngest in a family of seven sisters and two brothers. Her father, Benjamin Larcom, a retired shipmaster who became a shopkeeper selling West India goods, was a man of strong natural ability, and her mother, Lois Barrett, “with bright blue eyes and soft dark curling hair, which she kept pinned up under her white lace cap,” was known for her sweetness. The Larcoms had lived for generations on the borders of the sea. Mordecai Larcom, born 1629, appeared in Ipswich in 1655, and soon after moved to Beverly, where he obtained a grant of land. His son, Cornelius Larcom, born 1658, purc...

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER XII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/lucy-larcom-life-letters-and-diary-55751/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/lucy-larcom-life-letters-and-diary-55751/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/lucy-larcom-life-letters-and-diary-55751/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/lucy-larcom-life-letters-and-diary-55751/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/lucy-larcom-life-letters-and-diary-55751/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/lucy-larcom-life-letters-and-diary-55751/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/lucy-larcom-life-letters-and-diary-55751/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/lucy-larcom-life-letters-and-diary-55751/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/lucy-larcom-life-letters-and-diary-55751/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/lucy-larcom-life-letters-and-diary-55751/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/lucy-larcom-life-letters-and-diary-55751/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/lucy-larcom-life-letters-and-diary-55751/chapters/4/index.md)