Lord, Lucy T.,
Lord papers,
1835-1854.
Manuscript Collection: MS 0566
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Agency History/Biographical note:
Lucy Thomas Lyon was born in February 15, 1817 in Buckland,
Massachusetts in 1817 to Armilla Alden Lyon and Aaron Lyon, the
brother of Mary Lyon. Though she moved to Stockton, New York with
her family, she returned to attend school at Franklin Academy in
Shelburne, Massachusetts. Lyon taught in Shelburne and nearby towns
before enrolling at Mount Holyoke Female Seminary. After graduating
in 1840, she taught in Stockton for one year then returned to Mount
Holyoke as a teacher. She married the Rev. Edward Clemens Lord in
1846 and accompianied him to Ningpo, China where the Lords worked as
missionaries for seven years. She had two children both of whom died
before the age of two. Because of her own poor health she and her
husband returned to the United States in 1853. She visited friends
in New England and her sister Rosina Dayfort in Ohio. Lyon died of
intestinal tuberculosis and tetanus at her mother's home in Fredonia,
New York on May 5, 1853.
Scope and Content:
The Lucy Thomas Lord Papers consist primarily of correspondences from
Lord and her husband Edward Clemens Lord. While a few are addressed
to her brother, Aaron E. Lyon and discuss religious matters, the
majority of the letters are addressed to her aunt, Mary Lyon,
concerning the Lord's trip to China. Later letters, which are
included in a letterbook, describe her travels to and her missionary
service in Ningpo, China. This collection also includes a biography
entitled "The Memoirs of Mrs. Lucy T. Lord," published in 1854, and
additional biographical information, as well as a drawing of her that
probably dates from 1840-1846. e
Cite as: Lucy T. Lord Papers, Mount Holyoke College
Archives and Special Collections, South Hadley,
MA.
Access Restrictions: Unrestricted
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