Maria Brooks [née Gowen] [Maria del Occidente]

(1794 c.-1845)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Brooks, Maria Gowen, 1794 or 5-1845 LBT ID: MaBrook1845 VIAF ID: 66321583 LOC ID: nr91008089	B/BAP: 1794 DIED: 1845-11-11
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American poet born in Medford, Massachusetts; she corresponded with Robert Southey and visited him in 1831.
REFERENCES TO Maria Brooks [née Gowen] [Maria del Occidente]: Robert Southey to Philip Henry Stanhope, 12 May 1834 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850) Found 1: ¶ 5 Charles Cuthbert Southey, The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850) Ch. XXXV. 1832-1834