H. Marion Stephens
Illustration — 1855 portrait of H. Marion Stephens, from the frontispiece of Hagar, the Martyr Harriet Marion Stephens (1823–1858) was an American actress and writer. Stephens was born in Maine in 1823 to Reverend John Atwell of the Maine Methodist Conference. She began her career as an actress, appearing as Mrs.
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H. Marion Stephens
![Contributor Baker, Smith Andrew, engraver. Title Stephens, H. Marion (Harriet Marion), 1823-1858. Alternate title [H. Marion Stephens] / Baker – Smith – Andrew. Publisher [Boston?: s.n.] Date [1855?] Physical description 1 print: engraving; 11 x 8.1 cm. Description Waist-length portrait of the writer. Notes In Stephens, H.M. Hagar the martyr (Boston, 1855), frontispiece. Facsimile signature: H](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Harriet_Marion_Stephens.jpg/600px-Harriet_Marion_Stephens.jpg)
Baker, Smith Andrew, engraver. · Public domain
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- 1823
- Died
- 1858
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- writer · actress · poet
- Languages
- English
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Born in 1823, died in 1858.
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- 1.H. Marion Stephens (1823 – 1858).
- 2.Godey Company. Godey's Magazine. 282–. 1855.
- 3.Janet Gabler-Hover. Dreaming Black/writing White: The Hagar Myth in American Cultural History. University Press of Kentucky. 2000. 978-0-8131-2143-7.
- 4.C. B. Norton. Norton's Literary Gazette and Publishers' Circular. 41–. 1855.
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