Sarah Hammond Palfrey (December 11, 1823 – 1914) was an American novelist and poet who used the pseudonym. E. Foxton. She was born in Boston to John Gorham Foxton, a Unitarian minister,[1] and Mary Ann née Hammond Palfrey.[2] She lived in Cambridge, Massachusetts.[3]

Some of her letters survive.[4][5]

Writings

  • Harvest-home
  • Old times and new

Novels

  • Herman, or Young Knighthood Volume I and II, Lee and Shepard, Boston 1865
  • Agnes Wentworth
  • Katherine Morne

Poetry

  • Prémices
  • Sir Pavon and St. Pavon
  • King Arthur in Avalon
  • The Chapel the Chapel; And Other Poems, Christo Et Ecclesia (1880)

References

  1. ↑ "Palfrey, Sarah Hammond, 1823-1914 - Social Networks and Archival Context". snaccooperative.org.
  2. ↑ "Page:The Biographical Dictionary of America, vol. 08.djvu/195 - Wikisource, the free online library". en.wikisource.org.
  3. ↑ Everybody's Encyclopedia 1912 Palfrey, Sarah Hammond entry
  4. ↑ "Sarah Hammond Palfrey autograph letter signed to Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Hazelwood, 17 May 1908". www.digitalcommonwealth.org.
  5. ↑ "Palfrey, Sarah Hammond, 1823-1914. 1 letter to [Mrs ] Story; n.d. | HOLLIS for". hollisarchives.lib.harvard.edu.


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