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Also Known As Anne Dudley
Born c.1612 • Northampton • England
Died September 16, 1672 • Andover • Massachusetts Bay Colony
Notable Works “Several Poems Compiled with Great Variety of Wit and Learning” • “The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America”
Notable Family Members father Thomas Dudley

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Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) only confirmed photograph of Emily Dickinson. 1978 scan of a Daguerreotype. ca. 1847; in the Amherst College Archives. American poet. See Notes:
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