Mercy Otis Warren
Mercy Otis Warren (
September 14,
1728 -
October 19,
1814) was born in
Barnstable, Massachusetts. She married James Warren in
1754 and moved to
Plymouth, Massachusetts. She felt it was her duty to participate in the
Patriot cause during the
American Revolution. During the time of the revolution, she hosted political meetings in her home, and in
1772, she published her play,
The Adulateur. After the war, in
1790, Mrs. Warren published a volume of poetry in her name. In
1805, she wrote
History of the American Revolution.
Mercy Otis Warren died in Plymouth.
List of Plays:
- The Adulateur, a five-act play, published in 1773
- The Defeat, excerpts from a play, published 1773
- The Group, a three-act play, published in 1775
- The Blockheads, a three-act play, published in 1776, shortly after the British withdrew from Boston
- The Motley Assembly, a farce, published in 1779.
