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Edith Gilman Brewster
1873–1960
Remembered for a lively historical novel set in early New England, this American writer also spent much of her life in social work. Her surviving record suggests a strong connection to New Hampshire history and community life.
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Some Three Hundred Years Ago
by Edith Gilman Brewster
About the author
Born in Boston on April 1, 1873, Edith Gilman Brewster was an American writer with family ties to Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Historical society records identify her as a social worker as well as an author, and archival material at the Portsmouth Athenaeum places her within a long-established New England family.
She is best known for Some Three Hundred Years Ago (1922), a historical novel that was later digitized by Project Gutenberg. The book looks back to early colonial New England and helps explain why her name still appears in regional history catalogs and library collections.
Brewster died on March 15, 1960. While detailed biographical information is limited in the sources I could confirm, the record that remains shows a writer closely linked with New Hampshire history, especially the Portsmouth area.