Birthday profile

Mary Hall Adams

Mary Hall Barrett Adams, American book editor and letter writer (died 1860)

Born
September 14, 1816
Died
December 8, 1860
Zodiac sign
Virgo
Birth year
1816

About Mary Hall Adams

Mary Hall Adams (née, Barrett; September 16, 1816 – December 8, 1860) was an American book editor and letter writer. Her writing includes, Never give up, or, How children may be happy and The Rainbow and Other Stories: A Juvenile Gift. For three years, Adams edited the Universalist Church-affiliated Sabbath-School Annual.

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Career and life highlights

Mary Hall Adams timeline

  1. Born: September 14, 1816
  2. Died: December 8, 1860

The world when Mary Hall Adams was born

Mary Hall Adams was born in 1816. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1816

  • Best-selling bookFrankenstein conceived during gloomy summer

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineYear Without a Summer — crop failures worldwide
  • Technology milestoneStethoscope invented by René Laennec
  • World population~980M

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderJames Madison
  • U.S. population8.5M

1816 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Mary Hall Adams's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure18162026
Population8.5M341 million

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