This is a transcription of the Hannah A. (Slade) Currier biography from New Hampshire Women: A Collection of Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Daughters and Residents of the Granite State, Who are Worthy Representatives of their Sex in the Various Walks and Conditions of Life, The New Hampshire Publishing Co., Concord, NH, 1895, page 51.
Hannah A. (Slade) Currier
MRS. HANNAH A. CURRIER was the youngest daughter of Enoch Slade, Esq., a distinguished citizen of Thetford, Vt., and sister of Gen. Samuel W. Slade, an eminent lawyer of St. Johnsbury, in the same state. She received her early education in Thetford Academy, at that time one of the most famous institutions in New England. Here many of the sons and daughters of New Hampshire and Vermont resorted to prepare for college, or to obtain a higher degree of cultivation in English studies than could be obtained elsewhere. In this celebrated school Miss Slade early found herself ranking among the foremost, not only in the ordinary studies, but also in the higher branches of Greek, Latin, and mathematics, which she pursued far into the college course. After leaving the academy, with the highest reputation for scholarship, Miss Slade went to Boston, where under distinguished teachers she continued her studies in music, French, and other branches of polite literature, thus adding a metropolitan finish not easily acquired in rural institutions. In 1869 Miss Slade was married to Hon. Moody Currier, a distinguished banker in Manchester, N. H., who afterwards, in 1885 and 1886, was governor of the state. The accomplishments of Mrs. Currier added greatly to the dignity and popularity of his administration. Since her marriage, in connection with her husband she has continued her literary and scientific pursuits, keeping up with the progress of the age, adopting in their broadest and most liberal sense the best thoughts of modern research. Although she has never given to the public any of her literary productions, her education and critical tastes would warrant success in such an undertaking. She does not seek distinction by a display to the world of her charities and benefactions, which are many, and known only to those who receive them. She believes that the proper sphere of woman is her home, which she renders happy and adorns, by devoting to it the best energies of her life.