Tag Archives: Minny Temple

Just Up the Road: Henry James’s Cousin Minny Temple

Posted on March 30, 2020 by mansionmusings

About two miles up the road from the Bartow mansion—near the border of Pelham and New Rochelle, New York—24-year-old Mary “Minny” Temple (1845–1870) died of tuberculosis on March 8, 1870. Her first cousin the novelist Henry James (1843–1916) received the … Continue reading →

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Bluestockings and Blue Bloods: The Pelham Priory School for Young Ladies

Posted on October 5, 2016 by mansionmusings

The girls came from all over. They were daughters of the nation’s elite, of people such as Robert E. Lee and Lincoln’s former Secretary of War Edwin Stanton. They were Lorillards, Lefferts, and maybe even Bartows. In the nineteenth century, … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: Minny Temple

Just Up the Road: Henry James’s Cousin Minny Temple

Bluestockings and Blue Bloods: The Pelham Priory School for Young Ladies

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