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Anne was born in Northampton, England in 1612, the daughter of Thomas Dudley, a steward of the Earl of Lincoln, and Dorothy Yorke. [6]Due to her family's position, she grew up in cultured circumstances and was a well-educated woman for her time, being tutored in history, several languages, and literature.
Anne Bradstreet was built by New England Shipbuilding Corporation. Her keel was laid on 6 October 1942. She was launched on 27 December and delivered on 18 January 1943. [22] Built for the WSA, she was operated under the management of Agwilines Inc. To the French Government in 1947.
Simon Bradstreet (baptized March 18, 1603/4 [1] – March 27, 1697) was a New England merchant, politician and colonial administrator who served as the last governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Arriving in Massachusetts on the Winthrop Fleet in 1630, Bradstreet was almost constantly involved in the politics of the colony but became its ...
She had no formal education but had constant tutoring provided by her abusive father. Her collection of poems, "The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up In America" (1650), was the first published work by a woman in America and England. [2] Edward Taylor (c. 1642 to 1729) emigrated to America in 1662 in defiance of the restoration of the English monarchy.
Title page of second (posthumous) edition of Anne Bradstreet's poems, 1678. As England's contact with the Americas increased after the 1490s, English explorers sometimes included verse with their descriptions of the New World up through 1650, the year of Anne Bradstreet's "The Tenth Muse", which was written in America (most likely in Ipswich, Massachusetts or North Andover, Massachusetts) and ...
Bradstreet feels guilty that she is hurt from losing earthly possessions. It is against her belief that she should feel this way; showing she is a sinner. Her deep puritan beliefs brought her to accept that the loss of material was a spiritually necessary occurrence. She reminds herself that her future, and anything that has value, lies in heaven.
The Tenth Muse, lately Sprung up in America [1] is a 1650 book of poetry by Anne Bradstreet.It was Bradstreet's only work published in her lifetime. Published purportedly without Bradstreet's knowledge, Bradstreet wrote to her publisher acknowledging that she knew of the publication.
Anne Dudley Bradstreet (1612–1672), first American poet, wife of Royal Governor Simon Bradstreet. Joseph Dudley (1647–1720), Royal Governor of Massachusetts, President of the Dominion of New England , Chief Justice of New York, Member of Parliament, Lt. Governor of the Isle of Wight .