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From: Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net>
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Subject: Re: Mrs Hale born (24/10/1788)
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 Ar an ceathrú lá is fiche de mí Deireadh Fómhair, scríobh Ross Clark: 

 > Sarah Josepha Buell Hale (1788-1879)
 > "American writer, activist, and editor of the most widely circulated magazine
 > in the period before the Civil War, Godey's Lady's Book." (Wiki)
 > 
 > And
 > "Mary had a little lamb..."
 > which appears for the first time in her book _Poems for Our Children_ (1830)

Now that’s an enduring contribution to the world.

 > And
 > _Northwood_ (1827), a novel about slavery. (She advocated repatriating the
 > slaves -- well, to Liberia, anyway.)
 > 
 > And
 > Cookbooks! (and Household Hints) _Mrs Hale's Receipts for the Million_ (1857)
 > "Containing Four Thousand Five Hundred and Forty Five Receipts, Facts,
 > Directions, Etc. in the Useful, Ornamental and Domestic Arts..."
 > 
 > Exhausting.
 > 
 > The language link seems quite insignificant by comparison.
 > 
 > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Josepha_Hale

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