Harriet Prescott Spofford (1835–1921)

American author, born in Calais, ME, on the 3rd of April 1835, the daughter of Joseph N. Prescott. She was a contributor to a number of periodicals; wrote In a Cellar for the Atlantic Monthly in 1859, and in the same year published Sir Rohan’s Ghost; married, in 1865, Richard Spofford, cousin of the librarian of Congress; also published New England Legends (1871); Art-Decoration Applied to Furniture (1881); The Servant-Girl Question (1884); Ballads About Authors (1888); A Starlet Poppy (1894); and other works. See also “The Godmothers” and The Amber Gods.