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In 1866 she joined an itinerant concert troup and toured the country.

While performing on the road she met and was befriended by Clara Louise Kellogg.

Upon hearing Abbott in a concert in Toledo, Kellogg made it a point to meet her and encourage her to pursue an opera career and gave her a letter of introduction.

Consequently, Abbott studied in New York City under Achille Errani, and made her concert début there in December 1871.