october november american poet correspondent following new_york upbringing married lawyer encouraged writings helped publish periodical containing works american revolution saw john join ann fled daughters continued write remained family returned following surrender affected deaths numerous family members years died pastoral poetry studied historians gain perspective life lines revolution novel known captivity novel set form subsequent novels saw great popularity death childhood born october new_york_city sixth child born successful merchants members american dutch aristocracy long illness father died born child known writing ability asked poems ranged sentimental humorous sophisticated satirical compose impromptu poems request friends ann mother remarried new husband daughter dutch elite childhood filled security abundance happiness marriage march married lawyer couple moved shortly marriage john gave practice law took agriculture moved pastoral country estate eighteen miles north albany region settled dutch families home reflected wealth setting beautiful gardens beauty young orchard bounded thick forest west vast cultivated fields river considered home retreat pastoral poetry written years life corresponded friends relatives writing isolation beauty surroundings example excerpt poem evening prospect cast eyes meadow painted hand divine observe ample shadow ridge pine time daughters born october born june november husband appointed deputies delegates husband encouraged writing called genius winter published periodical called albany gazette gazette composed entirely political essays poems short stories produced sole purpose sharing entertainment news friends relatives impact american revolution pastoral lives interrupted british troops command general invaded canada campaign capture hudson_river response joined fled southward forced flee albany foot daughters infant year old way died joined mother sister continued mother died route excerpt poem wrote written retreat describing felt daughters death length eyes day idol soul torn away spirit fled left clay soul rejected relief comfort wish grief hear cried hear surrender october aftermath daughter sister remained family possibly slave child returned unfortunately died return journey devastated loss generations women family husband continued serve militia forced unclear british troop activity native american activity reason flee surviving daughter albany trauma come hearing husband captured loyalist forces possibly band wandering british soldiers suffered nervous breakdown fully recovered traumatic events daughter later described developed tendency depression melancholy reflection writings frequently lively way flights fertile fancy write songs heaviest succeed pieces melancholy destroyed died november buried cemetery reformed dutch church albany bodies buried moved albany rural cemetery early twentieth century literary impact write wrote letters friends relatives contained poems short stories later collected published daughter posthumous publication significant work appearing published daughter poet edited mother writings added poems essays collection entitled included thirty poems letters unfinished short historical novel history henry ann history captivity narrative set french indian war popularity history republished separately novel history maria took indian captivity story genre new directions possibly american fictional account focusing native americans late 18th century stories subsequently popular features typical story graphic scenes violence describes native americans terrible kill babies women tells story maria journey captive end story maria gets rescued real emotion comes women story stories maternal loss story similarities experience death daughter result fleeing british_army telling tale loss hoped help women overcome stories helped foster racism native americans writing exciting time sense style added dimension new type novel novel expression influenced eighteenth century british cult sensibility wrote exaggerated way express moral lesson addition literary device story series letters half sister interrupted narrative comment action address susan directly poems pastoral poems exemplified new style american poetry experience new sense national identity poems written pastoral tradition conveyed beauty colonial new_york countryside horrific impact war suffering death destruction writing interesting perspective terrified young mother articulate depictions revolutionary war read historians today
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