The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-08-18
ABIGAIL DODGE DEAD.
The Well Known Authoress q
Victim of Apoplexy.
WAS BLAINE's VALUED ASSISTANT
In Preparing His Twenty Years in Con-
gress" the Maine Statesman Selected
Miss Dodge as His Literary Adviser, and
Relied Largely Upon Her judgment.

| In preparing Ills "Twenty Years In Con-
| gress" the Maine Statesman Selected
Miss Dodge as His Literary Adviser, and
Relied Largely Upon Her Judgment.
HAMILTON, Mass. Aug 1s.-Miss Abb
gail Dodge (Gail Hamilton), the famous
! authoress died last night at her beautiful
home from the effects of aparalytic shock.
| Miss Dodge was stricken while at break
| fast Sunday morning and Immediately
became unconscious. She never rallied.
Miss Dodge had similar shock while in
Washington about year ago. Miss Au-
| gusta Dodge and other relatives were at
| tho bedside when the ond came.
Miss Merry Abigail Dodge is best known
because of hor advocacy Of the candidature
of the late james G. Blaine for the presi-
dency. She WIS cousin to tho states
mans wife, and was his tried and true
friond. Throughout the most active por-
tion of his life she was full of sympathy
with his ambitions, she helped him and
chccrcd him, besides being Mrs. Blaino's
! most priced companicn.
Years ago Miss Dodge adopted as her
nom dc plume "Gail Hamilton" made Of
u portion of her middle namo and the
town of her BIRTH Hamilton, Mass. She
has had unique literary career, one that
began with singular promise and was
mer. e by circumstances and influences
into other directions Gail Hamilton first
came into prominence us the writer Of
singularly vivacious and penetrating es-
says which appeared in the Atlantic
Monthly in the early years of the decade
nf Sl,.,I I,l h., %
with interest and keen hnmor the most
commonplace subject, US tho call of
neiphbor in a country farm house or the
antics Of the poultry in the garden. Sho
was tho author of quite II number of
books, among which are "A New Atmos-
pherc, '"Gala Days, ""Womans Wrongs"
"lted Letter Days" "Iwclye Miles from
Lemon, Summer Rest, Sermons to
the Clergy" What Think Ye of Christi"
and II so-called novel entitled First LOvo
is Best"
In 1851 Msa Dodge became instructorin
physical science vt the Hartford Comm
High school. Soon aftcrwar1 she went t?
Washington as Il governcss in the family
of DR., G;llntiiieii !no.ail"v; the publisher of
thr old National Era, the principal organ
pathics were enlisted in that cause, and
her first reputation as n writer was won
by her contributions to the paper. From
1865 to 1864 she was editor of Our Young
Folks Some of her best work was in
clnded in n series of letters to tho New
York Tribune in 1887 on civil service re-
form and political topics
Miss Dodge was the literary adviser Of
James G. Blaine in the preparation of his
work, "Twenty Years in Congress" and
he Is said to have relied largely upon her
Judgment. After the death of Mr.. Blaine
she was commissioned by the family to
prepare his biography, and all his letters
and papers were placed in her possession.
1t is supposed that tho eurnestness with
which she devoted herself to this work af-
fected her health. She was seriously i'll
year ago, but rallied and enjoyed good
health until recently. She was &c years
old