Maria Trumbull

[2] She was the daughter of Governor Jonathan Trumbull Jr. (1740–1809) and Eunice Backus,[1][3] who made a pious and wealthy family.

[3] She had two sisters, Faith and Harriet (later wife of Benjamin Silliman), and two brothers who died when infants.

[4] The book provides insight into the inner thoughts of 19th-century girls as they experienced life in a big city.

[8] She died of complications of childbirth[6] at on November 23, 1805[1][3] and was buried at the Center Church Burial Ground in Hartford, Connecticut.

[9] A poet wrote of her: Light as the gossamer, with fairy feet, Maria moves, with graciousness replete, Artfulness as truth it seems – and oath bestows,