Alice B. Neal

Alice was born on September 13 of 1827 with the given name Emily Bradley in Hudson, New York, and was a widow by age 19.

[3] Her sister, Cornelia Holroyd Bradley Richards (pen name, "Mrs.

[4] For the Godey's Lady's Book and the Graham's American Monthly Magazine of Literature and Art, both publications out of Philadelphia between the years 1846 and 1864, Alice had over 30 poems and short stories published.

She also wrote for The American Female Poets and The Gem of The Western World and did the written accompaniment for her husband's book Neal, Joseph C. Charcoal Sketches.

[5] "Personal Reminiscences of Miss Eliza Leslie," Godey's Lady's Book 56.