Hannah Webster Foster

Hannah Webster Foster (September 10 1758–1840) was an American novelist.

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September 10 - 1758 - 1840 - American

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Born in Salisbury, Massachusetts, she wrote Coquette; or The History of Eliza Wharton in 1797. It is an epistolary novel, and one of the first of its kind in America.

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Salisbury, Massachusetts - Coquette - Epistolary novel

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She also wrote the novel The Boarding School in 1798 about education in the United States.

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