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William U. Moulton
d. 1898
A 19th-century Boston publisher and writer, he is best remembered today through the literary circle around his wife, poet Louise Chandler Moulton, and for the surviving work that links him to the publishing world of his time.
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The Life and Beauties of Fanny Fern
by William U. Moulton
About the author
William U. Moulton was a Boston publisher and author active in the mid-19th century. He is known to have written The Life and Beauties of Fanny Fern, and contemporary reference material also identifies him as the publisher under whose auspices Louise Chandler Moulton's earliest literary work appeared.
He married Louise Chandler in 1855. As her career grew, his name remained connected to a lively literary world that included magazines, books, and the Boston publishing scene.
He died in 1898. Although less widely remembered than his wife, the record that remains suggests a figure closely tied to American literary culture in an era when publishing and authorship were rapidly expanding.