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Child (LYDIA MARIA an American)

LYDIA MARIA, an American prose-writer; born in Medford, Mass., Feb. 11, 1802. Her first novel, "Hobomok," was written and published in 1821. She was an ardent abolitionist, and published the first book written on that subject, entitled "Appeal for that class of Americans called African."

Among her numerous works are: "Philothea," a romance of Greece in the days of Pericles (1835); "Looking Toward Sunset" (1864); "Maria: A Romance of the Republic" (1867); and "Aspirations of the World" (1878). She died in Wayland, Mass., Oct. 20, 1880.

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