author
Amelia Stratton Comfield
d. 1866
Best known for Alida, a romance set during the War of 1812, she built a small but notable literary legacy around a book published in four editions between 1841 and 1849. Her surviving 1852 portrait even places copies of the novel prominently in her hands and beside her on a bookshelf.
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Alida : or, Miscellaneous sketches of occurrences during the late American war : founded on fact
by Amelia Stratton Comfield
About the author
Amelia Stratton Comfield was the author of Alida; or, Miscellaneous Sketches of Incidents During the Late American War, a work described as founded on fact and accompanied by poems. The novel follows characters and events connected with the War of 1812 and was first published in 1841.
The book proved successful enough to appear in four editions through 1849. In the text’s preface, Comfield explained that parts of the work began as a journal of incidents and that proceeds beyond publishing expenses were intended for charitable purposes.
A 1852 oil portrait by David Rogers identifies her as “Mrs. John F. Comfield” and depicts her holding a copy of Alida, with another copy on a nearby shelf. She died in 1866.