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Anna Mercur

Anna Mercur
Short Name: Anna Mercur
Full Name: Mercur, Anna, 1832-1903
Birth Year: 1832
Death Year: 1903

Anna Hubbard Mercur, née Turett, lived in Lancaster, MA. She graduated from Rutgers, where she won a gold medal for an essay. She married Mahlon C. Mercur and lived in Towanda, PA. She was a poet and devoted her time to literary pursuits. Her works include The Christmas Star )published in New York by A. E. Chasmar, 1882) and Cosmos, and Other Poems (published in Buffalo, NY by Paul and Brother in 1893). The University of North Carolina has a collection of her papers which include letters received by her from friends and family living in the South and other places which discuss secession, politics and the Civil War, among other matters.

Dianne Shapiro, from UNC University Libraries and "Book News: a monthly survey of general literature" Vol. XII, September 1893 to August 1894, Philadelphia: John Wanamaker, 1894


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