Emma Catherine Embury was an American author and poet.

Biography

Embury was born in New York City on February 25, 1806, to Dr. James R. Manley and Elizabeth Post. She became a regular contributor of juvenile verse

Children's poetry

Children's poetry is poetry written for, a stupid reson as she says or appropriate for children. This may include folk poetry ; poetry written intentionally for young people Children's poetry is poetry written for, a stupid reson as she says or appropriate for children. This may include folk...

 and stories to the New York Mirror

New York Mirror

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by the age of twenty. On May 10, 1828 she married Daniel Embury a Brooklyn

Brooklyn

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 banker. For a time, she was one of two "lady editors" for Graham's Magazine

Graham's Magazine

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in Philadelphia, along with Ann S. Stephens

Ann S. Stephens

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. She died in Brooklyn on February 10, 1863.

Principal works

• Guido: A Tale 1828
• Constance Latimer: or, The Blind Girl 1838
• American Wild Flowers in Their Native Haunts 1845
• Glimpses of Home Life: or, Causes and Consequences 1848
• The Waldorf Family: or, Grandfather's Legend 1848

Other works published posthumously:

• Poems of Emma C. Embury 1869
• Prose Writings of Emma C. Embury 1893

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