Amelia Clotilda Jennings (died 1895) was a Canadian poet and novelist who wrote under the
pseudonym
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s Maude Alma and Mileta.
Jennings was born in
Halifax,
Nova Scotia
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Most of the population are native Eng ...
in a family of a dry-goods merchant and died in
Montreal
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.
She published a number of poems, fictionalized letters, and novels, many relating to her native province.
Her books include poetry collection ''Linden Rhymes'' (1854), "tale and poem" ''The White Rose in Acadia and Autumn in Nova Scotia'' (1855), novel ''Isabel Leicester'' (1874), and poetry collection ''North Mountain, near Grand-Pré'' (1883).
She wrote a poem about
Sarah Curran
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called "Sarah Curran's Song."
References
External links
''Isabel Leicester'' at Project GutenbergJennings's works online
Year of birth unknown
1895 deaths
Canadian women poets
Canadian women novelists
Pseudonymous women writers
19th-century Canadian novelists
19th-century Canadian poets
19th-century Canadian women writers
19th-century pseudonymous writers
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