Maria Jane McIntosh
Maria Jane McIntosh (1803 Sunbury, Georgia – 25 February 1878 Morristown, New Jersey) was a writer. She began her literary career using the pseudonym "Aunt Kitty" and used contrasting pairs of characters to demonstrate her moral lesson
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Maria Jane McIntosh (1803 Sunbury, Georgia – 25 February 1878 Morristown, New Jersey) was a writer. She began her literary career using the pseudonym "Aunt Kitty" and used contrasting pairs of characters to demonstrate her moral lesson
Maria's father, Major Lachlan McIntosh fought in the American Revolutionary War, afterwards establishing a law practice in Sunbury, and starting a family.[2]
Maria was educated in the Academy of Sunbury, and moved to New York City in 1835 to live with her brother, James M. McIntosh, after the death of both of her parents.[2] Having lost her fortune in the Panic of 1837, she adopted authorship as a means of support.
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