Mary Wright Sewell
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Mary Wright Sewell (April 6, 1797 - June 10, 1884) was the mother of Anna Sewell a very well-known children's author who wrote Black Beauty. Mary, less known today, was a popular author of juvenile bestsellers. Mary was born into the Quaker faith in 1797, and lived at the Blue Lodge, Wick from 1858 to 1864. She had a great love of poetry and wrote `Mother's Last Words' (which sold millions of copies throughout the world) while living at Wick, near Bristol.
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- Mother's Last Words by Mary Sewell 19th Century copy of Mother's Last Words.
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