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(1824-1871) Poet. Phoebe Cary lived with her sister, Alice Cary, also a poet, at 52 East 20th Street, Manhattan, New York, where they conducted a literary salon, inviting such guests as Horace Greeley, Herman Melville, George Ripley, and Bayard Taylor.

Full Name

Phoebe Cary

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline

1824

BIRTH

Phoebe Cary was born near Cincinnati, Ohio in 1824.

1849

LITWORK

Poems of Alice and Phoebe Cary


Collection of poetry written with her sister, Alice Cary.

1854

LITWORK

Poems and Parodies
Ticknor, Reed & Fields, Boston.

Collection of poetry.

1855

RESIDENCE

Phoebe Cary lived with her sister, Alice Cary, also a poet, at 52 East 20th Street, Manhattan, New York, where they conducted a literary salon, inviting such guests as Horace Greeley, Herman Melville, George Ripley, and Bayard Taylor.

1867

LITWORK

Poems of Faith, Hope, and Love


Collection of poetry.

1871

DEATH

Phoebe Cary died in Newport, Rhode Island, in 1871.

1871

INTERMENT

Phoebe Cary was interred in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York.

1873

LITWORK

A Memorial Of Alice And Phoebe Cary With Some Of Their Later Poems


Compiled and edited by Mary Clemmer Ames.

1873

LITWORK

The Last Poems Of Alice And Phoebe Cary


Compiled and edited by Mary Clemmer Ames.

1873

LITWORK

Ballads For Little Folk By Alice And Phoebe Cary


Compiled and edited by Mary Clemmer Ames.

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