Mercy Otis Warren

Mrs. James Warren (Mercy Otis), by John Singleton Copley. ca. 1763. (Courtesy of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

Mrs. James Warren (Mercy Otis), by John Singleton Copley. ca. 1763. (Courtesy of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

Born and raised in Massachusetts, Mercy Otis Warren (1728–1814) supported the patriot cause during the Revolutionary War and corresponded with its leaders, including John Adams. Her published writings include a play, The Adulateur (1772), a volume of political poems (1790), and her masterwork, History of the Rise, Progress and Termination of the American Revolution.