Maria Jane McIntosh
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Maria Jane McIntosh was a writer.
, afterwards establishing a law practice in Sunbury, and starting a family.
Maria was educated in the Academy of Sunbury, and moved to New York City
in 1835 to live with her brother, James M. McIntosh, after the death of both of her parents. Having lost her fortune in the Panic of 1837
, she adopted authorship as a means of support.
Under the pen name of “Aunt Kitty” she published a juvenile story entitled “Blind Alice” that at once became popular (1841), and was followed by others (New York, 1843), the whole series being issued in one volume as Aunt Kitty's Tales (1847). On the recommendation of the tragedian Macready
, these and many of her subsequent tales were reprinted in London
. Her writings are each illustrative of a moral sentiment.
Biography
Maria's father, Major Lachlan McIntosh fought in the American Revolutionary WarAmerican Revolutionary War
The American Revolutionary War , the American War of Independence, or simply the Revolutionary War, began as a war between the Kingdom of Great Britain and thirteen British colonies in North America, and ended in a global war between several European great powers.The war was the result of the...
, afterwards establishing a law practice in Sunbury, and starting a family.
Maria was educated in the Academy of Sunbury, and moved to New York City
New York City
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in 1835 to live with her brother, James M. McIntosh, after the death of both of her parents. Having lost her fortune in the Panic of 1837
Panic of 1837
The Panic of 1837 was a financial crisis or market correction in the United States built on a speculative fever. The end of the Second Bank of the United States had produced a period of runaway inflation, but on May 10, 1837 in New York City, every bank began to accept payment only in specie ,...
, she adopted authorship as a means of support.
Under the pen name of “Aunt Kitty” she published a juvenile story entitled “Blind Alice” that at once became popular (1841), and was followed by others (New York, 1843), the whole series being issued in one volume as Aunt Kitty's Tales (1847). On the recommendation of the tragedian Macready
William Charles Macready
-Life:He was born in London, and educated at Rugby.It was his intention to go up to Oxford, but in 1809 the embarrassed affairs of his father, the lessee of several provincial theatres, called him to share the responsibilities of theatrical management. On 7 June 1810 he made a successful first...
, these and many of her subsequent tales were reprinted in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
. Her writings are each illustrative of a moral sentiment.
Works
- Conquest and Self-Conquest (1844)
- Praise and Principle (1845)
- Two Lives, to Seem and to Be (1846)
- Aunt Kitty's Tales (1847)
- Charms and Counter Charms (1848)
- Woman in America: Her Work and Reward (1850)
- The Lofty and the Lowly (1852)
- Evenings at Donaldson Manor (1852)
- Emily Herbert (1855)
- Violet, or the Cross and Crown (1856)
- Meta Gray (1858)
- Two Pictures (1863)