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(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Helen Choate Bell
(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Helen Choate Bell

Salem, 1830 - 1918, York, Maine
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BiographyHer grave stones reads Helen Choate Bell so using that for her preferred name. E. Reluga 4/19/2019

Legendary Boston wit
"Boston socialiate Helen Olcott Choate Bell (1830-1918) wife of James M. Bell and friend of Thomas and Lilla Perry and of
William Dean Howells (Harlow 205). Harvard's Helen Choate Bell Prize was established in memory of her enthusiasm for literature."

The Complete Letters of Henry James, 1876-1878
By Henry James
p. 69
https://books.google.com/books?id=ATopDwAAQBAJ&lpg=PA69&ots=CB-mTxecIO&dq=helen%20choate%20bell&pg=PA69#v=onepage&q=helen%20choate%20bell&f=false
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Last Updated8/7/24