Hannah Farnham Sawyer Lee

Biography

Hannah Farnham Sawyer Lee (1780–1865) was a writer whose career spanned the early decades of American literature. Born in 1780, she lived through the founding era of the United States and witnessed the development of American culture and letters throughout her long life of eighty-five years.

Lee's contributions to American writing helped establish a literary tradition that included women's voices and perspectives. Her burial at Mount Auburn Cemetery, alongside other accomplished figures of her time, honors her role in shaping American intellectual and cultural life during a formative period in the nation's history.