Annie Adams Fields was an American writer. Among her writings are collections of poetry and essays as well as several memoirs and biographies of her literary acquaintances. She was also interested in
Annie Adams Fields by John Singer Sargent, 1890
Daguerreotype of American writer Annie Adams Fields (1834–1915).
Fields in her Charles Street home's library with companion Sarah Orne Jewett, published 1922
Headstone of Annie Adams Fields at Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, MA
James Thomas Fields was an American publisher, editor, and poet. His business, Ticknor and Fields, was a notable publishing house in 19th century Boston.
Annie Adams Fields
…Barrell Emerson, where she was encouraged to read, learned Italian, developed an interest in self-expression, and came to appreciate nature. She married James T. Fields on November 15, 1854, in King's Chapel in Boston with a service conducted by Reverend Ezra Stiles Gannett. She was his second wife; his first was a…
James Thomas Fields, photographed by Julia Margaret Cameron, circa 1869
Fields retired from his publishing company in 1871 to focus on lecturing and writing.
Grave of James T. Fields at Mount Auburn Cemetery