Hart, Julia Catherine (1796–1867)
Hart, Julia Catherine (1796–1867)
Canadian novelist. Born Julia Beckwith, 1796, in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada; died 1867; m. George Henry Hart, 1820.
Author of the 1st novel about British North America by a person born there, ran a girls' boarding school in Kingston and then traveled with husband to US (1824–31); works, which reflect colonial life and history, include St Ursula's Convent; or, The Nun of Canada (1824) and Tonnewonte; or, The Adopted Son of America; also wrote unpublished novel Edith; or, the Doom.
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