was a 19th-century New England woman best known for her work as an editor and author as well as for her role as a nurse during the American Civil War.
In series 2 Volume 5 of the Offering, published in 1845, a list of authors compiled by contributor Harriet Hanson Robinson features Goddard along with two of her pen names (A.
[2][3] The works featured in the Offering covered a broad range of topics; it was widely read by many of the Lowell Mill Girls.
[3] In 1846, Abba Goddard contributed to a compilation of poetry, essays, and short stories titled The Trojan Sketchbook, written by citizens of Troy, New York, and published by Young and Hartt.
The white settlers and the native people develop an amicable relationship and coexist peacefully in the region.
Repulsed by his behavior, Elsie throws herself from a cliff and dies and her body is discovered many years later by vacationing men.