Author:Mercy Otis Warren

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Mercy Otis Warren (1728–1814)

An American writer and playwright, known as the "Conscience of the American Revolution". Warren was America's first female playwright.

Mercy Otis Warren

Works

Poems

• "Simplicity" (1829)
• "A Political Reverie" (1774)
• "The Squabble of the Sea Nymphs" (1774)
• "To Torrismond" (1790)
• "On a Survey of the Heavens" (1790)

Collections

• Poems, Dramatic and Miscellaneous (1790) (scan index)

Plays

• "The Ladies of Castile"
• "The Sack of Rome"
• "The Adulateur" (1772)
• "The Group" (1775)
• "The Motley Assembly" (1779)
• "The Blockheads" (1776)

Books

• "History of the Rise, Progress, and Termination of the American Revolution" (1805)

Works about Warren

• The Women of the American Revolution/Mercy Otis Warren by Elizabeth F. Ellet

Works by this author published before January 1, 1923 are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.