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Jane Porter 1776-1850, Scottish novelist. Her historical novels, particularly Thaddeus of Warsaw (4 vol., 1803) and Scottish Chiefs (5 vol., 1810), were exceptionally popular in their day. Anna Maria Porter, 1780-1832, her sister, wrote The Hungarian Brothers (3 vol., 1807) and other novels.

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Porter, Jane (1776–1850), published the successful Thaddeus of Warsaw (1803), which led to friendship with one of its heroes, the Polish General Kosciuszko. She also wrote The Scottish Chiefs (1810), a story of William Wallace; and The Pastor's Fireside (1815), a story of the later Stuarts.

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