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| Anne Bradstreet | Puritan poet who wrote "On the Burning of our House" |
| Jonathan Edwards | Puritan revival minister who wrote "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" |
| Cotton Mather | Puritan minister who wrote about witchcraft |
| William Bradford | Early settler who wrote a history of Plymouth |
| Philip Freneau | Poet of the Revolution |
| Thomas Jefferson | Principal author of Declaration of Independence |
| Patrick Henry | Virginian who said "Give me liberty or give me death." |
| Arthur Miller | Modern playwright who wrote "The Crucible" about the Salem Witch Trials. |
| Washington Irving | Early American author who based storied on Dutch legends. |
| William Cullen Bryant | Early American author who wrote "Thanatopsis" and "To a Waterfowl." |
| James Fenimore Cooper | First American novelist to write about life in the colonies. |
| Edgar Allen Poe | Famous for tales of terror and detective stories. |
| Nathaniel Hawthorne | Romantic author who based many stories on the lives of the Puritans. |
| Herman Melville | Romantic novelist who wrote novels of adventure and travel. |
