Mary Westbrook Van Deusen

American poet

Mary Westbrook Van Deusen

Born| (1829-02-13)February 13, 1829
Fishkill, New York
Died| October 16, 1908(1908-10-16) (aged 79)
Nationality| American
Notable works| Rachel Du Mont: A Brave Little Maid of the Revolution (1883)

Mary Westbrook Van Deusen (February 13, 1829 – October 16, 1908), publishing under the name Mary Westbrook, was an American author of prose and verse.

## Career

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She was born Mary Amanda Westbrook in Fishkill, New York, the daughter of Cornelius de Puy Westbrook, a pastor of the Dutch Church in nearby Peekskill, and Sarah (Beekman) Westbrook. In 1865 she married James Lansing Van Deusen of Rondout, New York.[1]

She published both prose and poetry, mainly through the Freeman Company, of Kingston, New York. Her 1883 novel Rachel Du Mont: A Brave Little Maid of the Revolution was about the burning of Kingston during the American Revolution. It was successful enough to go through three editions in one year.[1]

## Books

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Novels

* Rachel Du Mont (1883)
* Gertrude Willoughby

Verse

* "Voices of My Heart"

## References

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1. ^ a b Willard, Frances E., and Mary A. Livermore, eds. "Mary Westbrook Van Deusen". In A Woman of the Century: Fourteen Hundred-Seventy Biographical Sketches Accompanied by Portraits of Leading American Women in All Walks of Life. Moulton, 1893.