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Hannah Cowley
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Hannah Cowley 1743-1809, English poet and dramatist. One of the Della-Cruscans , she contributed under the name Alma Matilda sentimental verse to the World. Her most successful comedy was The Belle's Stratagem (produced in 1780).
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