Author

John Bell(1763–1820)

John Bell is documented in Fuller’s letters and published essays (1844–1846). 2 distinct works are named, most often in Letter to Maria Rotch, and the most intensive engagement recorded is “read”.

Engagement
ReadMentioned
Present in
Letters · Essays
Documented
1844–1846
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Reprints, Memoirs passages, and repeat notes within a single manuscript are shown but never counted twice. Evidence for this author is selective, not exhaustive. Methodology →

In Fuller’s words

“TREATISE ON THE PHYSIOLOGICAL AND MORAL MANAGEMENT OF INFANCY. By ANDREW COMBE, M.D. &c. with Notes and a Supplementary Chapter, by JOHN BELL, M.D.”
Treatise on the Physiological and Moral Management of Infancy · Physical Education . . . · 1846

When Fuller engaged with John Bell

I. Childhood
II. Adolescence
III. Self-Directed
IV. Transcendentalist
V. New York1record
VI. Europe1record
✦. Memoirs (1852)
1810
1820
1832
1836
1844
1846
1850

This page brings together documented engagements currently identified within the Fuller Reading Worlds catalog.

Bell in Fuller’s reading world

Documentary evidence

Selected passages from Fuller’s own writings, in chronological order.

1844—

Letter to Maria Rotch

p171
read
“Forsyth's and Bell's Italy would be useful to you in the way of suggestion.”

Fuller, Margaret. The Letters of Margaret Fuller. Edited by Robert N. Hudspeth. Vol. III. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1986.

1846—

Physical Education . . .

“Physical Education . . .”
mentioned
“TREATISE ON THE PHYSIOLOGICAL AND MORAL MANAGEMENT OF INFANCY. By ANDREW COMBE, M.D. &c. with Notes and a Supplementary Chapter, by JOHN BELL, M.D.”

Fuller, Margaret. "Physical Education . . ." New-York Daily Tribune, 19 January 1846. · 19 January 1846