Allen, Hannah Archer (fl. 1680s)

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Allen, Hannah Archer (fl. 1680s)

British autobiographer. Born Hannah Archer in England in 1600s; dau. of John Archer of Snelston, Derbyshire; m. Hannibal Allen; m. Charles Hatt.

When merchant husband was lost at sea, became suicidal; published autobiography, Satan's Methods and Malice Baffled (1683), which described her depression.

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