Maria Jane Fletcher [née Jewsbury]

(1800-1833)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Jewsbury, Maria Jane, 1800-1833 NRA: Jewsbury Maria Jane (1800-1833) afterwards Fletcher Author DNB: Jewsbury [married name Fletcher], Maria Jane (1800-1833), writer and literary reviewer LBT ID: MaJewsb1833 VIAF ID: 47562189 LOC ID: n88271800	B/BAP: 1800-10-25 DIED: 1833-10-04
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Poet and essayist for the Athenaeum who died in India shortly after her marriage to William Kew Fletcher in 1832. She was a literary friend of Wordsworth and Felicia Hemans.
REFERENCES TO Maria Jane Fletcher [née Jewsbury]: William Wordsworth to Samuel Rogers, [3 May 1825] in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889) Found 1: ¶ 5 Jerdan, William, 1782-1869, The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53) Ch. 17: Literary Characters Found 1: ¶ 23 Clayden, Peter William, 1827-1902, Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889) Chapter XI. 1825-1827.