<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lydia_Sigourney" class="extiw" title="w:Lydia Sigourney">Lydia Sigourney</a>. Library of Congress description: "Mrs. Lydia H. Sigourney". Lydia Howard Sigourney née Huntley (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_1" class="extiw" title="en:September 1">September 1</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1791" class="extiw" title="en:1791">1791</a> - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_10" class="extiw" title="en:June 10">June 10</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1865" class="extiw" title="en:1865">1865</a>) was an extremely popular American poet during the early and mid <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19th_century" class="extiw" title="en:19th century">19th century</a>.  She was commonly known as the "Sweet singer of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hartford,_Connecticut" class="extiw" title="en:Hartford, Connecticut">Hartford</a>."  Most of her works were published with just her married name "Mrs. Sigourney."
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Mathew_Brady" class="extiw" title="w:en:Mathew Brady"><span title="American photographer (circa 1823–1896)">Mathew Benjamin Brady</span></a>
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between 1855 and 1865 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1855-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1865-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Brady-Handy Photograph Collection.  <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cwpbh.02752">http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cwpbh.02752</a>. CALL NUMBER:  LC-BH82- 5220 C &lt;P&amp;P&gt;[P&amp;P]