About Sarah Hammond Palfrey
Lived 1823 – 1914 (aged 90–91). Sarah Hammond Palfrey was an American poet and novelist.
Sarah Hammond Palfrey (December 11, 1823 – 1914) was an American novelist and poet who used the pseudonym. E. Foxton. She was born in Boston to John Gorham Foxton, a Unitarian minister, and Mary Ann née Hammond Palfrey. She lived in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Some of her letters survive.
Writings
Harvest-home Old times and new
Novels Herman, or Young Knighthood Volume I and II, Lee and Shepard, Boston 1865 Agnes Wentworth Katherine Morne
Poetry Prémices Sir Pavon and St. Pavon King Arthur in Avalon The Chapel the Chapel; And Other Poems, Christo Et Ecclesia (1880) The Light-House
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Who was Sarah Hammond Palfrey?
American poet and novelist
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Sarah Hammond Palfrey was born in 1823 in Boston.
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Sarah Hammond Palfrey died on 14 January 1914 in Cambridge.
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Sarah Hammond Palfrey was a poet and novelist.
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Sarah Hammond Palfrey was American.
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