Alice Greenwood Howe

Mary Lodge's Sister, wife of George Dudley Howe

Alice Greenwood Howe, to whom Jewett dedicated The Country of the Pointed Firs, was one of the founders of the Boston Symphony Orchestra

Alice G. Howe is listed amongst the artist and intellectuals in the circle of Sarah Orne Jewett and Annie Fields. She wrote "Autumn Sketches" in the November 1882 edition of Harpers magazine. E. Reluga 5/2/2017

By the 1913-1914 winter season, 265 Commonwealth was the home of Mrs. Alice (Greenwood) Howe, the widow of George Dudley Howe. She previously had lived at 59 Commonwealth. She also maintained a summer home in Manchester. Alice Howe was a close friend of the author, Sarah Orne Jewett, who dedicated her book, The Country of the Pointed Firs, to her. www.backbayhouses.org/265-commonwealth E. Reluga 5/2/2017

Alice Howe... was prominent in Boston society - one of the founders of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and a member of the Museum of Fine Arts and the Humane Society. She and her husband, George D. Howe, the wealthy owner of a cotton mill, had a summer estate on Lobster Covee, near Smith's Point [Manchester-by-the-Sea]. Natalie Sykstra, Clover Adams: A GIlded and Heartbreaking Life, p. 149

Letter from Alice G. Howe (Mrs. George Howe):

Dear Mrs. Gardner,

I am sending this little "Poisson d'Avril", hoping that you may care to find some small space for it. It was given to me many years ago by a friend in Rome, who was a collector, and who said it was a good example. Besides the opening in the body, like others, it also has a hinge in the mouth -, perhaps for perfume, or poison?

A happy Easter to you, from your old friend

Alice G Howe.

Eastertide.