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Lily Hardy Hammond

1859–1925

A Tennessee writer from the turn of the 20th century, she is best remembered for the 1905 novel The Master Word. Her life stretched from Newark to Brooklyn to Franklin, Tennessee, giving her work a distinctly American path.

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In the Garden of Delight

In the Garden of Delight

by Lily Hardy Hammond

About the author

Born on September 24, 1859, in Newark, New Jersey, Lily Hardy Hammond was the daughter of Henry C. Hardy and Huldah E. Dozier Hardy. She was educated in private schools and at the Packer Institute in Brooklyn, New York.

She married John Dennis Hammond on September 10, 1879, and later became known as an author living in Franklin, Tennessee. A period biographical record identifies her as the author of The Master Word, published in 1905.

Although surviving readily available information about her is limited, the outline that remains suggests a writer whose life crossed regions and eras: born in the Northeast, educated in Brooklyn, and recorded among notable Tennessee women in the early 20th century.