RHD
had originally submitted the story to the Atlantic Monthly in May 1861, on encouragement from the editor, James T. Fields
, and his wife, Annie
. Fields, however, rejected the first version of the...
Family and Intimate relationships
Rebecca Harding Davis
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's mother, by birth Rachel Leet Wilson
, was born in August 1808 into one of the leading families of Washington, Pennsylvania. Rebecca's maternal grandfather, James Wilson
, and his wife, Margaret
...
