Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { <http://dbpedia.org/resource/Elizabeth_Graeme_Ferguson> ?p ?o. }
Showing items 1 to 59 of
59
with 100 items per page.
- Elizabeth_Graeme_Ferguson abstract "Elizabeth Graeme Fergusson (Betsy Graeme; February 3, 1737 – February 23, 1801) was an American poet and writer.Elizabeth, the sixth of nine children born to Dr. Thomas and Ann Diggs Graeme, spent her much of her youth at Graeme Park, the family estate in Horsham, Pennsylvania, located outside of Philadelphia. Ann educated Elizabeth, teaching her to read and write, an advantage that most young girls in colonial America did not receive. Aside from writing poetry, Elizabeth's main literary project was the translation of Telemachus from the original French.When Elizabeth was seventeen, she met, and later began courting, William Franklin, son of Benjamin Franklin. The two were engaged in 1757. William moved to England to study law, and the couple's relationship became strained. A miscommunication had occurred, however; William believed the engagement had been broken, and married another woman while in Britain, while Elizabeth thought the two were still engaged.In 1764, Elizabeth traveled to London at the urging of her mother, whose health was failing. While in London, Elizabeth met Laurence Sterne and King George III. While she was in England, she kept a travel journal, which was later circulated and read among her peers in Philadelphia. Upon returning to Graeme Park, Elizabeth learned that her mother had died while she was travelling. Elizabeth thus overtook the role of female head-of-household after her mother's death, hosting "attic evenings"—salon gatherings for her elite male and female acquaintances. It was at one of these "attic evenings" that Elizabeth met Hugh Henry Fergusson. The two had a quick courtship, became engaged, and married secretly in 1772 and without the approval of her father. One month later, Elizabeth's father died of a stroke, and had never learned of his daughter's marriage. As a result, he left the property at Graeme Park in her name, though under colonial law, Elizabeth was a feme covert, meaning that all of her property belonged to her husband when they were married.Henry spent much of the couple's marriage in England and in Philadelphia, working for the British. When the British evacuated the city of Philadelphia in 1778, Henry left for London. He sent a number of letters to Elizabeth pleading for her to join him in England, but she remained in Pennsylvania for the rest of her life. After the war, the Pennsylvania government confiscated Graeme Park, asserting that it was property that belonged to the alleged Loyalist, Henry Fergusson. Elizabeth was forced to vacate the property, and for two years, lived with various acquaintances and family members. After two years of petitioning the government, Elizabeth finally regained the right to her property, and moved back to Graeme Park in 1781. In 1791, however, Elizabeth could no longer afford the upkeep of the property, and was forced to sell. For the final ten years of her life, Elizabeth lived with friends and wrote voraciously, publishing some of her poetry and participated in the writing of commonplace books with a number of her female acquaintances, such as Hannah Griffitts. She died in 1801 in the home of a friend, very close to Graeme Park.Elizabeth is buried on the south side churchyard Christ Church in Philadelphia.".
- Elizabeth_Graeme_Ferguson birthDate "1737-02-03".
- Elizabeth_Graeme_Ferguson birthYear "1737".
- Elizabeth_Graeme_Ferguson deathDate "1801-02-23".
- Elizabeth_Graeme_Ferguson deathYear "1801".
- Elizabeth_Graeme_Ferguson wikiPageID "31611528".
- Elizabeth_Graeme_Ferguson wikiPageRevisionID "600860228".
- Elizabeth_Graeme_Ferguson dateOfBirth "1737-02-03".
- Elizabeth_Graeme_Ferguson dateOfDeath "1801-02-23".
- Elizabeth_Graeme_Ferguson hasPhotoCollection Elizabeth_Graeme_Ferguson.
- Elizabeth_Graeme_Ferguson name "Fergusson, Elizabeth Graeme".
- Elizabeth_Graeme_Ferguson shortDescription "American writer".
- Elizabeth_Graeme_Ferguson description "American writer".
- Elizabeth_Graeme_Ferguson description "American writer".
- Elizabeth_Graeme_Ferguson subject Category:1737_births.
- Elizabeth_Graeme_Ferguson subject Category:1801_deaths.
- Elizabeth_Graeme_Ferguson subject Category:18th-century_American_writers.
- Elizabeth_Graeme_Ferguson subject Category:American_poets.
- Elizabeth_Graeme_Ferguson subject Category:American_women_poets.
- Elizabeth_Graeme_Ferguson subject Category:American_women_writers.
- Elizabeth_Graeme_Ferguson subject Category:Burials_at_Christ_Church_(Philadelphia).
- Elizabeth_Graeme_Ferguson subject Category:Pennsylvania_colonial_people.
- Elizabeth_Graeme_Ferguson subject Category:People_from_Horsham_Township,_Pennsylvania.
- Elizabeth_Graeme_Ferguson subject Category:Writers_from_Pennsylvania.
- Elizabeth_Graeme_Ferguson type AmericanPoets.
- Elizabeth_Graeme_Ferguson type CausalAgent100007347.
- Elizabeth_Graeme_Ferguson type Communicator109610660.
- Elizabeth_Graeme_Ferguson type LivingThing100004258.
- Elizabeth_Graeme_Ferguson type Object100002684.
- Elizabeth_Graeme_Ferguson type Organism100004475.
- Elizabeth_Graeme_Ferguson type Person100007846.
- Elizabeth_Graeme_Ferguson type PhysicalEntity100001930.
- Elizabeth_Graeme_Ferguson type Poet110444194.
- Elizabeth_Graeme_Ferguson type Whole100003553.
- Elizabeth_Graeme_Ferguson type Writer110794014.
- Elizabeth_Graeme_Ferguson type WritersFromPennsylvania.
- Elizabeth_Graeme_Ferguson type YagoLegalActor.
- Elizabeth_Graeme_Ferguson type YagoLegalActorGeo.
- Elizabeth_Graeme_Ferguson type Agent.
- Elizabeth_Graeme_Ferguson type Person.
- Elizabeth_Graeme_Ferguson type Person.
- Elizabeth_Graeme_Ferguson type Q215627.
- Elizabeth_Graeme_Ferguson type Q5.
- Elizabeth_Graeme_Ferguson type Agent.
- Elizabeth_Graeme_Ferguson type NaturalPerson.
- Elizabeth_Graeme_Ferguson type Thing.
- Elizabeth_Graeme_Ferguson type Person.
- Elizabeth_Graeme_Ferguson comment "Elizabeth Graeme Fergusson (Betsy Graeme; February 3, 1737 – February 23, 1801) was an American poet and writer.Elizabeth, the sixth of nine children born to Dr. Thomas and Ann Diggs Graeme, spent her much of her youth at Graeme Park, the family estate in Horsham, Pennsylvania, located outside of Philadelphia. Ann educated Elizabeth, teaching her to read and write, an advantage that most young girls in colonial America did not receive.".
- Elizabeth_Graeme_Ferguson label "Elizabeth Graeme Ferguson".
- Elizabeth_Graeme_Ferguson sameAs m.0gmf8s7.
- Elizabeth_Graeme_Ferguson sameAs Q5362862.
- Elizabeth_Graeme_Ferguson sameAs Q5362862.
- Elizabeth_Graeme_Ferguson sameAs Elizabeth_Graeme_Ferguson.
- Elizabeth_Graeme_Ferguson wasDerivedFrom Elizabeth_Graeme_Ferguson?oldid=600860228.
- Elizabeth_Graeme_Ferguson givenName "Elizabeth Graeme".
- Elizabeth_Graeme_Ferguson isPrimaryTopicOf Elizabeth_Graeme_Ferguson.
- Elizabeth_Graeme_Ferguson name "Elizabeth Graeme Fergusson".
- Elizabeth_Graeme_Ferguson name "Fergusson, Elizabeth Graeme".
- Elizabeth_Graeme_Ferguson surname "Fergusson".