Maria Trumbull

Maria Trumbull (1785–1805) was a published letter writer. She became Maria Trumbull Hudson with her marriage to Henry Hudson. Her father was Governor Jonathan Trumbull Jr.

Early life Maria Trumbull was born February 14, 1785, She was the daughter of Governor Jonathan Trumbull Jr. (1740–1809) and Eunice Backus, Trumbull and her sister Harriet spent the winter of 1800 and spring of 1801 in New York City where they came out to New York society. They had music, dancing, and drawing lessons. Their letters to their parents provided insight into their lives of lessons, parties, plays, and more. The letters were published in the book A season in New York, 1801. The book provides insight into the inner thoughts of 19th-century girls as they experienced life in a big city. son of Hannah Bunce Watson (newspaper publisher) and Barzillai Hudson (newspaper editor), They had a son, Jonathan Trumbull Hudson. She died of complications of childbirth and was buried at the Center Church Burial Ground in Hartford, Connecticut. A poet wrote of her: quote|Light as the gossamer, with fairy feet, Maria moves, with graciousness replete, Artfulness as truth it seems – and oath bestows, The modest smile that softens as she goes.