Archive - Ebenezer and Agnes: A Love Story of 19th-Century Intellects

1891/1/17: Ebenezer to Agnes

Cheering up Agnes, peace, the Ibsen "craze," the Pall Mall Budget, Canadian universities, a new pupil, the destruction of Ebenezer's writing, the Bow…

Jul 6 • Kathryn Toppan

1891/1/12: Ebenezer to Agnes

Dreaming, options for Ebenezer's future, memories of Liddesdale in Scotland, his father's death, the nature of his and Agnes's relationship, Wordsworth…

Jul 5 • Kathryn Toppan

August 2025

1891/1/prior to the 12th: Ebenezer to Agnes

This is the first surviving letter between Ebenezer and Agnes, the beginning of which is missing. Ebenezer discusses his poem about a murder, his…

Aug 23, 2025 • Kathryn Toppan

July 2025

Notes on Method

This explains the transcription process and editorial decisions.

Jul 10, 2025 • Kathryn Toppan

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