Louise Clappe

Louise Clappe (, Smith; July 28, 1819 – 1906) was an American writer, best known for her "Shirley Letters." Clappe was born in New Jersey, spent most of her youth and young adult life in Massachusetts, and later moved out West to Quincy, California, in Plumas County with her husband Fayette Clapp. It was out West where she took on the pen name of Dame Shirley and wrote her widely known "Shirley Letters". Louise and Fayette eventually separated, but she remained out West teaching for some time. Louise eventually returned to New Jersey, where she lived out the remainder of her life, dying in 1906. The Quincy town plaza is named after her. Provided by Wikipedia
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    The Shirley letters : from the California mines, 1851-1852 /

    The Shirley letters : from the California mines, 1851-1852 / by Shirley, Dame, 1819-1906

    Published 1949
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    The Shirley letters from California mines in 1851-52 being a series of twenty-three letters from Dame Shirley (Mrs. Louise Amelia Knapp Smith Clappe) to her sister in Massachusetts, and now reprinted from the Pioneer magazine of 1854-55; with synopses of the letters, a foreword, and many typographical and other corrections and emendations /

    The Shirley letters from California mines in 1851-52 being a series of twenty-three letters from Dame Shirley (Mrs. Louise Amelia Knapp Smith Clappe) to her sister in Massachusetts... by Shirley, Dame, 1819-1906

    Published 1922
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    The Shirley letters from the California mines, 1851-1852 /

    The Shirley letters from the California mines, 1851-1852 / by Shirley, Dame, 1819-1906

    Published 1998
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