When was mercy otis warren born and died

The quotes cited below can also be found at alphahistory. America stands armed with resolution and virtue; but she still recoils at the idea of drawing the sword against the nation from whence she derived her origin.

Yet Britain, like an unnatural parent, is ready to plunge her dagger into the bosom of her affectionate offspring.

But may we not hope for more lenient measures! Ellett, E. Women of the American Revolution: Vol. I hinted that the sword was half drawn from the scabfood. Since then it has been unsheathed. Along with these letters, she wrote plays expressing her political opinions. Several other plays were written, also cryptically directed against Governor Hutchinson, and all were written anonymously.

It would be before Mercy Otis Warren would put her own name to a book. The attacks on the British, and specifically on Governor Hutchinson, weighed on Mercy, and she worried that she had overstepped propriety. Abigail Adams, another influential Revolutionary War woman , wrote to encourage her:. In other words, Ms. Accessed May 11, Zagarri, Rosemarie.

Wheeling, Ill. Podcast Mount Vernon Everywhere! Warren, History , Bibliography: King, Martha J. Back to Main menu Center for Digital History. Metro Area. Estate Hours 9 a. During the Revolution, Warren maintained an active correspondence and close friendship with both John and Abigail Adams.

Though her relationship with John Adams was fraught with disagreement over the best courses of political action for the new republic, especially after her criticism of his politics in her history of the American Revolution, the pair reconciled by the end of their careers. In , Mercy published a book of political poems and short plays called Poems, Dramatic and Miscellaneous , making her one of the first American women to publish literary works in her own name.

Warren completed History of the Rise, Progress and Termination of the American Revolution in , making her the first woman to write a history of the Revolution. Mercy Otis Warren died in , at age eighty-six, at her home in Plymouth. She maintained a correspondence with many of her friends and political allies while remaining active in her literary pursuits until the end of her life.

Warren represented one of the first major female writers in American history. Date accessed. Chicago - Michals, Debra. Dubois, Ellen Carol and Lynn Dumenil. Martins, Kerber, Linda K.

Chapel Hill, Norton, Mary Beth. Boston, Baym, Nina. Cengage Learning. Mercy Otis Warren By Debra Michals, Ph. Works Cited.