MERCY WARREN, born in Barnstable, Mass., September 25, 1728, died in
Plymouth, Mass., October 19, 1814. She was the third child of Colonel
James Otis. She married James Warren, of Plymouth, who was appointed
high sheriff in 1757, which place he held up to the breaking out of
the Revolution, when he became general of the American forces about
Boston. She was one of the foremost friends of liberty, and
corresponded with most of the great men of her time. She published a
_History of the American Revolution_. Her correspondence with John
Adams was published by the Massachusetts Historical Society, 1878.
THE ADULATEUR. A Tragedy, as it is now acted in Upper Servia. [6
lines of poetry]. Boston: Printed and sold at the New Printing
Office, near Concert Hall, 1773. 8vo, pp. 30.
THE GROUP. As lately acted and to be re-acted to the wonder of all
superior intelligences, nigh head-quarters at Amboyne. Boston:
Printed and sold by Edes and Gill, in Queen Street, 1775.
A political satire in two acts in verse, published the day before
the Battle of Lexington.
Another edition, New York: John Anderson, n. d. [1775]. With
second and third scenes of Act II. omitted. 8vo, pp. 15.
THE BLOCKHEADS; OR, THE AFFRIGHTED OFFICERS. A Farce. Boston:
Printed in Queen Street, 1776.
A counter-farce to Burgoyne's _Blockade_. Published without name
(attributed to Mrs. Warren) in the _Literary History of the
Revolution_. New York, 1897.
THE SACK OF ROME. A Tragedy.
THE LADIES OF CASTILE. A Tragedy.
The above plays were published in a volume of _Poems, Dramatic and
Miscellaneous_. Boston, 1790.
THE MOTLEY ASSEMBLY. A Farce. Published for the entertainment of the
Curious. Boston: N. Loverly, 1779. 12mo, pp. 15.
Published without name (attributed to Mrs. Warren), by Paul L.
Ford, in _Beginnings of American Dramatic Literature_.