{"data":{"description":"One of the most educated and brilliant women of her time, Mercy Warren was close friends with Thomas Jefferson, John and Abigail Adams, James Winthrop ..","title":"Mercy Warren","post_type":"page","content":"\u003ch2 style=\"color: #ad8431;\"\u003eEarly American Author\nBorn September 25, 1728 — Died October 19, 1814\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eWife of Revolutionary War leader James Warren, she wrote a number of political plays including \"The Group\" in which Gov. Hutchinson and other Tories were satirized. Other plays were \"The Sack of Rome\" and \"The Ladies of Castile.\" Her play \"The Squabble of the Sea-Nymphs\" gives an account of the Boston tea-party.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eOne of the most educated and brilliant women of her time, Mercy Warren was close friends with Thomas Jefferson, John and Abigail Adams, James Winthrop and Elbridge Gerry.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cimg class=\"imgctr\" style=\"color: #000000;\" src=\"/images/earlyamerica/Warren100.jpg\" alt=\"Mercy Warren, author and friend of presidents.\" width=\"298\" height=\"366\" /\u003e\u003cp\u003eMercy Warren\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eHer three-volume \"History of the American Revolution\" published in 1805 is valuable because of her first-hand knowledge of many of the key personalities of the war.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u0026nbsp;","menu":[{"path":"lives-early-america","title":"Famous Lives","submenu":[{"path":"lives-early-america/autobiography-benjamin-franklin","title":"Autobiography of Ben Franklin"},{"path":"lives-early-america/ramsays-life-washington","title":"Ramsay's The Life of Washington"},{"path":"lives-early-america/adventures-col-daniel-boone","title":"The Adventures of Col. Daniel Boone"},{"path":"lives-early-america/true-story-paul-revere","title":"The True Story of Paul Revere"},{"path":"world-early-america/famous-obits","title":"Famous Obits"},{"path":"portrait","title":"Portraits"},{"path":"rare-images/last-men-revolution","title":"The Last Men of the Revolution"}]},{"path":"freedom-documents","title":"Freedom Documents","submenu":[{"path":"freedom-documents/bill-rights","title":"Bill of Rights"},{"path":"freedom-documents/declaration-independence","title":"Declaration of Independence"},{"path":"freedom-documents/u-s-constitution","title":"The U.S. Constitution"}]},{"path":"world-early-america","title":"World of Early America","submenu":[{"path":"bookmarks","title":"Early American Bookmarks"},{"path":"world-early-america/famous-obits","title":"Famous Obits"},{"path":"firsts","title":"Firsts!"},{"path":"rare-images/maps","title":"Maps"},{"path":"rare-images","title":"Rare Images"},{"path":"music1","title":"Music"},{"path":"writings","title":"The Writings of Early America"}]},{"path":"boston-massacre","title":"Boston Massacre"},{"path":"milestone-events","title":"Milestones"},{"path":"early-america-review","title":"The Review"},{"path":"home/teachers-students","title":"Teachers"},{"path":"sitemap","title":"Sitemap"}]},"success":true}