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The Homestead is built
Samuel Fowler Dickinson, Emily's paternal grandfather build the homestead that Emily Dickinson grew up in. The homestead was then sold to David Mack, but the Dickinson family still lived in the homestead with the Macks. -
Birth of Emily Dickinson
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Period: to
The lifespan of Emily Dickinson
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The homestead is sold to the Mack Family
The Dickinsons still live in the eastern half of the house with the Macks -
The Dickinsons move to a house on North Pleasant Street in Amherst
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Emily Dickinson attends Mount Holyoke Female Seminary in South Hadley
“This term is the longest in the year and I would not wish to live it over again, I can assure you. I love this Seminary and all the teachers are bound strongly to my heart by ties of affection. There are many sweet girls here and dearly do I love some new faces, but I have not yet found the place of a few dear ones filled, nor would I wish it to be here.” (Dickinson, L59) -
Earliest record of poetry in publication
"Magnum bonum, harem scarem" is published in the Amherst College Indicator. -
Earliest known message to Susan Huntington Gilbert
Thought to be Emily Dickinson's potential partner, although Susan was married to Emily's brother, Austin. Susan was to receive the most poems from Emily, receiving more than 250 poems. -
The Springfield Daily Republican publishes "Sic transit gloria mundi" as "A Valentine"
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Back to the Homestead
David Mack passes and the Dickinson family purchases and returns to the Homestead on Main Street. A small conservatory was constructed for Emily and Lavinia. -
Austin Dickinson marries Susan Gibert
They move to the Evergreens, which was build to the west of the Homestead. -
Emily Dickinson collects her poems in Fascicles
Fasclies are small packets. This is done until about 1864 -
Emily Dickinson more Reclusive
Although this was the time she became less social, for unknown reasons, she began a very productive part of her literary career. -
Life-long correspondence with Thomas Wentworth Higginson begins
He was the co-editor of the first two collections of Emily Dickinson's poems. He was an abolitionist and advocate for women's rights -
Carlo, Emily Dickinson's Dog, passes away
Carlo was Emily's closest companion. After his death, she wrote the following poem; They say that "Time assuages"—
Time never did assuage—
An actual suffering strengthens
As Sinews do, with age— Time is a Test of Trouble—
But not a Remedy—
If such it prove, it prove too
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Edward Dickinson, Emily Dickinson's Father, passes away
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Emily Norcross Dickinson, Mother of Emily Dickinson, suffers a stroke
Emily Norcross Dickinson suffered a stroke that caused her to be partially paralyzed. She was permanently bedridded for seven years until she had passed away in 1882. -
Mabel Loomis Todd moves to Amherst
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Emily Norcross Dickinson, Mother of Emily Dickinson, passes away.
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Emily Dickinson Passes Away
Emily Dickinson passes away after two and a half years of poor health. She was said to have died from Bright's Disease, but researchers have deducted from her symptoms mentioned in her letters that she died from heart failure that was caused by severe hypertension. -
Mabel Loomis Todd publishes the first edition of "Poems by Emily Dickinson".
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Mabel Loomis Todd publishes the second edition of "Poems by Emily Dickinson".
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Mabel Loomis Todd publishes "Letter of Emily Dickinson" in two volumes
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Mabel Loomis Todd publishes the third edition of "Poems by Emily Dickinson".
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Martha Dickinson Bianchi, Emily's niece, publishes the poems that were sent from Emily to her mother, Susan Gilbert Dickinson
"A Single Hound: Poems of a Lifetime" was published by Marth in 1914. Martha would publish more editions of Dickinson's work.