Record #:

39030

Author(s):

Abstract:

William Hill Brown, a native of Boston, published a novel entitled ‘The Power of Sympathy,’ regarded as the first American novel. In 1792, he came to North Carolina to study law, first in Hillsborough, then to Murfreesboro, where he died.

Source:

Carolina Trees & Branches (NoCar F 262 A33 C37), Vol. 26 Issue No. 3, July 2017, p116-117

Subject(s):

Brown, William Hill, 1765-1793