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[http://evergreen.noblenet.org/eg/opac/record/2173939?locg=1 American Women Writers] ed. by L. Mainiero, p.436-7 | |||
[https://streetsofsalem.com/2015/10/05/a-scribbling-woman-from-salem/ A scribbling woman from Salem] D. Seger "Streets of Salem" | [https://streetsofsalem.com/2015/10/05/a-scribbling-woman-from-salem/ A scribbling woman from Salem] D. Seger "Streets of Salem" | ||
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Maria S. Cummins (b. 9 April 1827, d. 1 Oct. 1866, Dorchester) was a writer known for her sentimental domestic novels, her most famous being Lamplighter. This book was extremely popular, proving an immediate best-seller. The average sale during the first two months was five thousand copies a week, by the end of the first year, it had sold 70, 000 copies. She wrote three more novels, none as popular as her first. Though born in Salem after her father's death, she moved to Dorchester and died there prematurely at age 39.
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American Women Writers ed. by L. Mainiero, p.436-7
A scribbling woman from Salem D. Seger "Streets of Salem"
