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William Hill Brown

American novelist (1765-1793) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 28

William Hill Brown was an American novelist, the author of what is usually considered the first American novel, The Power of Sympathy (1789), and "Harriot, or the Domestic Reconciliation", as well as the serial essay "The Reformer", published in Isaiah Thomas' Massachusetts Magazine.

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Country
United States
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1765 to 1793 · aged 28