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Hannah Slade Currier

Rural, Modest, and Refined

Educated early at Thetford Academy, Miss Slade

ranked among the foremost in ordinary studies –

in Greek, Latin, mathematics — which she pursued

far into Boston, continuing studies in music, French,

and polite literature not easily acquired in rural places.

Miss Slade married. After marriage, Mrs. Currier

continued literary and scientific pursuits, keeping up

with the age of modern research. Never given to public

productions, Currier’s critical tastes still warrant success.

She did not seek distinction. She believed the woman

to be the home, the best energies of life. By watchfulness,

Hannah Slade Currier also collected many objects of art

–throwing a mantle of joy and gladness around living–

and dying one of the wealthiest women in the State.

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Poet: Susan Powers Bourne

Sources: NY Times, Wikipedia

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