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There were three children in the family: a son, Arthur
Boynton Harbert (1861-1890), and two daughters, Corinne Boynton Harbert (born 1873) and Boynton Elizabeth Harbert (born 1875). Besides the Evanston home, the Harberts had a cottage in
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soldiers. She published her first book, "The Golden Fleece," in 1867, and delivered her first lecture, in
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