As wandering o'er life's weary way

Author: A. R. Saint John

Abby Richardson St. John (1805.) Mrs. A. R. St. John was born in Boston, Mass., Feb. 24, 1805. Left an orphan at a very early age, she passed under the care and into the family of her brother, the late Colonel Isaac Monroe, of Baltimore, Md. He was at that time living in Boston, where he had established and was editing the 'Boston Patriot.' In a few years thereafter, he removed to Baltimore, and there, carrying with him his professional predilections, established and edited the 'Baltimore Patriot.' This paper early became one of the leading political and literary journals of the day, marked by great ability in its editorial conduct, and by the soundness of its views upon the great topics which agitated the country previous to, during, and i… Go to person page >