Chronology
It has been particularly the aim of the editors to lift these Little Women Letters out of the biographical and into the narrative class. For this reason dates have not been used with any degree of liberality, and chronological facts have been minimized.
However, as this is a story of the Alcott family, and seekers for definite data will not be lacking, a chronological summary is herewith furnished:
Amos Bronson Alcott.... 1799-1888
married
Abby May..........1800-1877
Their Children
Anna Bronson........1831-1893
Louisa May....... 1832-1888
Elizabeth......... 1835-1858
Abby May..........1840-1879
Anna Bronson married John Bridge Pratt, 1860.
Their Children
Frederick Alcott......1863-1910
John Sewall........ 1865
Abby May married Ernst Nieriker, March,
1878.
Children
Louisa May...... 1879
Frederick Alcott Pratt
married
Jessica Cate
February, 1888
Their Children
Bronson Alcott.... 1889
Elizabeth Sewall... 1891
Louisa May...... 1900
Frederick Woolsey... 1902
Elizabeth Sewall married Alfred Redfield
June, 1913
AJohn Sewall Pratt
married
Eunie May Hunting
January, 1909
Children
Elverton Hunting
Louisa May Nieriker... 1878
married
Ernst Rasim
Children
Ernestine
Notes
A John Sewall Pratt adopted in 1888 by Louisa May Alcott and name changed to John Sewall Pratt Alcott.