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which was published in more than 30 editions in the United States, and 10 in England. Lee was a popular novelist during her life, though her writing was not lauded and her success is now largely forgotten.
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was a bestseller for many years. According to the publisher, 20,000 copies were sold in its first two months of publication. It was followed by a successful sequel
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was in print for almost fifty years. Lee also wrote a number of non-fiction histories. The success of
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in 1832, which older sources often cite as her first publication, although her little-noticed novel
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Reforming the World: Social Activism and the Problem of Fiction in Nineteenth-Century America
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Lee was born in 1780 to physician Micajah Sawyer and Sibyll Farnham, in
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Panic Fiction: Women's Responses to Antebellum Economic Crisis
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Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography, Volume 3
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(September 2014). 275:Rich Enough: A Tale of the Times 484:The Monthly Religious Magazine 379: 353: 199:was first published in 1830. 1: 347: 416:Huntington Library Quarterly 293:Rosanna, or Scenes in Boston 7: 486:(February 1866), pp. 28-30 388:"Hannah Farnham Sawyer Lee" 251:Three Experiments of Living 202:Three Experiments of Living 164:Three Experiments of Living 10: 620: 432:Simmons, Nancy Craig, ed. 335:Memoir of Pierre Toussaint 186: 177:Newburyport, Massachusetts 35:portrait by Gilbert Stuart 233:Bibliography (incomplete) 160:Hannah Farnham Sawyer Lee 136: 121: 103: 73: 44: 40: 28: 23:Hannah Farnham Sawyer Lee 21: 589:American women novelists 181:Philip Jeremiah Schuyler 125:George Gardner Lee  548:The Many Panics of 1837 170: 504:The Christian Register 77:27 December 1865  227:Horatio Hastings Weld 48:5 November 1780  362:"Hannah Farnham Lee" 143:Micajah Sawyer  546:Lepler, Jessica M. 498:(16 January 1913). 500:Hannah Farnham Lee 452:(14 December 2019) 446:History Happenings 550:, p. 77-82 (2013) 323:Stories from Life 219:Three Experiments 215:Three Experiments 157: 156: 16:American novelist 611: 551: 544: 538: 532: 526: 513: 507: 496:Adams, Oscar Fay 493: 487: 477: 468: 462: 453: 443: 437: 430: 424: 409:Wright, Lyle H. 407: 396: 395: 383: 377: 376: 366: 357: 150: 149: 132: 131: 117: 116: 99: 98: 97: 84: 83: 69: 68: 67: 55: 54: 33: 19: 18: 619: 618: 614: 613: 612: 610: 609: 608: 569: 568: 559: 554: 545: 541: 533: 529: 515:Templin, Mary. 514: 510: 494: 490: 478: 471: 467:, p. 662 (1888) 463: 456: 444: 440: 436:, p. 36 (1993) 431: 427: 408: 399: 384: 380: 364: 358: 354: 350: 235: 189: 173: 153: 144: 126: 111: 92: 87: 86: 78: 62: 57: 56: 49: 36: 24: 17: 12: 11: 5: 617: 607: 606: 601: 596: 591: 586: 581: 567: 566: 558: 557:External links 555: 553: 552: 539: 527: 508: 488: 469: 454: 450:The Daily News 438: 425: 397: 394:. p. 662. 378: 351: 349: 346: 345: 344: 338: 332: 326: 320: 314: 308: 302: 296: 290: 284: 278: 272: 266: 260: 254: 253:(novel) (1837) 248: 245:The Backslider 242: 234: 231: 188: 185: 172: 169: 155: 154: 152: 151: 140: 138: 134: 133: 123: 119: 118: 105: 101: 100: 75: 71: 70: 46: 42: 41: 38: 37: 34: 26: 25: 22: 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 616: 605: 602: 600: 597: 595: 592: 590: 587: 585: 582: 580: 577: 576: 574: 564: 561: 560: 549: 543: 536: 531: 524: 523: 518: 512: 505: 501: 497: 492: 485: 481: 476: 474: 466: 461: 459: 451: 447: 442: 435: 429: 422: 421:Grace Seymour 418: 417: 412: 406: 404: 402: 393: 389: 382: 374: 370: 363: 356: 352: 342: 339: 336: 333: 330: 327: 324: 321: 318: 315: 312: 309: 306: 303: 300: 297: 294: 291: 288: 285: 282: 279: 276: 273: 270: 269:The Harcourts 267: 264: 261: 258: 257:Elinor Fulton 255: 252: 249: 246: 243: 240: 239:Grace Seymour 237: 236: 230: 228: 224: 220: 216: 212: 211:Elinor Fulton 208: 207:Panic of 1837 204: 203: 198: 197:Grace Seymour 194: 184: 182: 178: 168: 165: 161: 148: 142: 141: 139: 135: 130: 124: 120: 115: 109: 106: 102: 96: 90: 82: 76: 72: 66: 60: 53: 47: 43: 39: 32: 27: 20: 542: 530: 520: 511: 503: 491: 483: 449: 441: 428: 420: 414: 391: 381: 372: 368: 355: 340: 334: 328: 322: 316: 310: 304: 298: 292: 286: 280: 274: 268: 262: 256: 250: 244: 238: 222: 218: 214: 210: 200: 196: 193:Hannah Adams 190: 174: 163: 159: 158: 584:1865 deaths 579:1780 births 59:Newburyport 573:Categories 348:References 104:Occupation 137:Parent(s) 122:Spouse(s) 85:(aged 85) 187:Writing 522:Legacy 343:(1854) 337:(1853) 331:(1850) 325:(1849) 319:(1847) 313:(1843) 307:(1842) 301:(1841) 295:(1839) 289:(1839) 283:(1838) 277:(1837) 271:(1837) 265:(1837) 259:(1837) 247:(1835) 241:(1830) 110:  108:Writer 91:  89:Boston 61:  519:, in 365:(PDF) 305:Tales 375:: 1. 213:. 171:Life 74:Died 45:Born 225:by 575:: 502:, 482:, 472:^ 457:^ 448:, 413:, 400:^ 390:. 373:19 371:. 367:. 229:.

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Newburyport, Massachusetts
Philip Jeremiah Schuyler
Hannah Adams
Three Experiments of Living
Panic of 1837
Horatio Hastings Weld
"Hannah Farnham Lee"
"Hannah Farnham Sawyer Lee"



Traditional Errors in American Biography
Huntington Library Quarterly
The Selected Letters of Mary Moody Emerson
History Happenings


Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography, Volume 3

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