A beautifully illustrated 1837 commonplace book kept by the Brevoort children reveals their distinct personalities, youthful ambitions, and family tragedies
The Brevoort Family Commonplace Book
Category: Elizabeth Brevoort ‘Lil’ Coolidge (1857-1906)
A ‘desperate state of things’
Alexander Cameron Brock (1855-1898) a forgotten family story, uncovered through hospital archives, reveals the quiet tragedy of a Victorian doctor lost to mental illness
Lil Coolidge (1857-1906)
Lil Coolidge (1857-1906) Overview with links to separate stories about her life
Exodus from the New World to the Old
Lil Coolidge (1857-1906): Aug 1857 to Sep 1864, New York to the French Riviera
The wandering years
Lil Coolidge (1857-1906): Oct 1864 to Jan 1875, a circuitous route from Cannes to Oxford
A most difficult year
Lil Coolidge (1857-1906): Jan 1875 to Dec 1876, introduction to Dorking society
Staying in and ‘Coming Out’
Lil Coolidge (1857-1906): Jan 1877 to Jun 1880, the rocky and twisting road to finding love
A doctor’s wife
Lil Coolidge (1857-1906): Jun 1880 to May 1896: happiness and tragedy in a small country town
Things are never so bad
Lil Coolidge (1857-1906): Jul 1896 to Oct 1906: doing the best she could
