Hannah Griffitts

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Overview

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Hannah Griffitts born Philadelphia, PA July 27, 1727 (d. 1817). Quaker poet. Supported Patriot cause, but opposed Revolution. Her poem “Female Patriots” (1768) celebrated women’s resistance to British taxes.

Quotations

“Oh! Speak contending brethren into Peace,
Bid the sweet Cherub bless our weeping Shores,
And friends again in her soft Bands unite”

(after the Battle of Long Island, 1776; portrait revolvy.com)