Author

Chandler Robbins Gilman(1802–1865)

Chandler Robbins Gilman is documented in Fuller’s books (1843). One work is named, all in Summer on the Lakes, in 1843, and the most intensive engagement recorded is “analyzed”.

Read for the 1843 western tour

Named among the books Fuller consulted for her western journey, and discussed in Summer on the Lakes, in 1843.

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In Fuller’s words

“The story to which I now refer, may be found in a book called Life on the Lakes, or, a Trip to the Pictured Rocks. There are two which purport to be Indian tales; one is simply a romantic narrative, connected with a spot at Mackinaw, called Robinson's Folly.”
Life on the Lakes: Being Tales and Sketches Collected During a Trip to the Pictured Rocks of Lake Superior · Summer on the Lakes, in 1843 · 1843

When Fuller engaged with Chandler Robbins Gilman

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

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

Gilman in Fuller’s reading world

Documentary evidence

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

1843—

Summer on the Lakes, in 1843

analyzed · read
“The story to which I now refer, may be found in a book called Life on the Lakes, or, a Trip to the Pictured Rocks.”

Fuller, Margaret. Summer on the Lakes, in 1843. Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1844.