MADAME FRANCES D'ARUSMONT (MAIDEN NAME FANNY WRIGHT.)
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An American philanthropist and author; born in Dundee, Scotland, Sept. 6, 1795; died in Cincinnati, O., Dec. 2, 1852. She visited this country several times, and in 1825 made an unsuccessful attempt to establish a settlement for the elevation of the negro at Memphis, Tenn. In later years she lectured on social, religious, and political questions. Among her works are: "Views on Society and Manners in America"; "Altorf", a tragedy (1819); "Lectures on Free Inquiry" (1836).
By Charles Dudley Warner
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