Mary Ann H. Dodd
Mary Ann H. Dodd (after marriage Shutts; March 5, 1813 – January 18, 1878) was a 19th-century American poet.
Mary Ann H. Dodd | |
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| Born | Mary Ann Hanmer Dodd March 5, 1813 Hartford, Connecticut, US |
| Died | January 18, 1878 (aged 64) near Albany, New York |
| Occupation | poet |
| Alma mater | Mrs. Kinnear's Seminary |
| Spouse |
Henry Shutts (m. 1855) |
Biography
Mary Ann Hanmer Dodd was born at Hartford, Connecticut, March 5, 1813, and always resided in that city. She was the daughter of Elisha Dodd.[1] She was at school at Wethersfield, and in her native town, where she completed her studies in 1830, at Mrs. Kinnear's Seminary.[2][3]
Her first published articles appeared in 1834, in the Hermethenean, a magazine conducted by the students of Washington College (now Trinity College), in Hartford. She wrote but little until 1835, since which time she was a frequent contributor to The Ladies' Repository, a magazine published in Boston, and the Rose of Sharon, an annual, in which the greater part of her writings appeared.[2] A volume of her poems, published at Hartford in 1843, was marked by a gentle melancholy and a deep religious feeling.[4]
She married Henry Shutts, of New York state, at Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1855. She was a Universalist, and published many of her pieces in denominational prints.[4]
She died on January 18, 1878, near Albany, New York.[5]
Critical reception
Caroline May (1848) noted that Dodd "possesses a poetical sensibility, and the power of deducing moral lessons from the changes of life".[6]
Samuel Austin Allibone (1863) characterized "The Lament", "the Mourner", "To a Cricket", "The Dreamer", and "The Dove's Visit", as compositions of rare excellence.[7]
According to Wilson & Fiske (1887), "Her writings would have been known more generally, and perhaps more favorably, if she had not confined herself so much to denominational channels of publication."[3]
Selected works
- Poems, 1844
- Frederick Lee, or, The Christmas present, 1847
References
- Griswold, Rufus Wilmot; Stoddard, Richard Henry (1878). "Mary Ann Hanmer Dodd". The Female Poets of America (Public domain ed.). J. Miller. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
- Everest, Charles William (1843). "Mary Ann Hanmer Dodd". The Poets of Connecticut: With Biographical Sketches ... (Public domain ed.). Case, Tiffany and Burnham. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
- Wilson, James Grant; Fiske, John (1887). "DODD, Mary Ann Hanmer". Appletons' Cyclopaedia of American Biography (Public domain ed.). D. Appleton. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
- Trumbull, James Hammond (1886). "Mrs. Shutts". The Memorial History of Hartford County, Connecticut, 1633-1884 (Public domain ed.). E. L. Osgood. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
- Roscoe, William E. (2007). "Shutts Family". History of Schoharie County, New York, 1713-1882: VOLUME 2. Heritage Books. ISBN 978-0-7884-3737-3. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
- May, Caroline (1848). "May Ann H. Dodd". The American Female Poets: With Biographical and Critical Notices (Public domain ed.). Philadelphia: Lindsay & Blakiston. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
- Allibone, Samuel Austin (1863). "Dodd, Mary Ann Hanmer". A Critical Dictionary of English Literature and British and American Authors, Living and Deceased: A-J (Public domain ed.). George W. Childs. Retrieved 22 August 2021.