ANNE ELIZA SMITH

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'Anne Eliza Smith' (October 7, 1819 - 1905) (born Anne Eliza Brainerd) was raised in St. Albans, Vermont by her parents Lawrence Brainerd and Fidelia B. Gadcombe. Anne Brainerd married J. Gregory Smith in 1842 and together they had six children. The town of Brainerd, Minnesota was named after her.^[1]
Anne loved to write and she created essays, poems and other miscellaneous works. She was most known for three novels titled ''Seola'', ''Selma'' and ''Atla''. Her first published work was called ''From Dawn to Sunrise'' and its success caused Henry K. Adams, author of ''A Centennial History of St. Albans Vermont'' to call it, "The smartest book ever written in Vermont". 'From Dawn to Sunrise' (1876) dealt with the historical and philosophical religious ideas of mankind. The second work was the novel Seola (1878) which was written as an antediluvian diary. The next novel published was 'Selma' (1883) which was a Viking love story. The third novel, called Atla (1886), was about the sinking of the legendary lost island called Atlantis. In 1924 Seola was revised by an unknown author and was retitled as 'Angels and Women'.
Anne Smith wrote under her married name, Mrs. J. Gregory Smith. Both ''Seola'' and ''Angels and Women'' were published anonymously and are ascribed by the Library of Congress to her.

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★ Eulogy of Ezra Hoyt Byington

★ Details on the republishing

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1. http://explorebrainerdlakes.com/community/city/brainerd/history.htm

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★ ''Angels and Women''--online text of book.