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Martha Finley
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Martha Finley
Martha Finley was an American teacher and author of numerous works for children, the best known being the 28-volume Elsie Dinsmore series which was published over a span of 38 years. Her books tend to be sentimental, with a strong emphasis on religious belief. The daughter of Presbyterian minister Dr. James Brown Finley and his wife and cousin Maria Theresa Brown Finley, she was born on April 26, 1828, in Chillicothe, Ohio. She died in 1909 in Elkton, Maryland.
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Elsie Dinsmore
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Elsie at Nantucket
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Elsie's Womanhood
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Elsie's children
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Elsie's Kith and Kin
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Christmas with Grandma Elsie
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Grandmother Elsie
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Elsie at the World's Fair
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Elsie's Motherhood
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Elsie on the Hudson
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Elsie at Viamede
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Elsie in the South
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Elsie's Vacation and After Events
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Elsie at Home
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Mildred Keith
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Mildred's New Daughter
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Elsie and the Raymonds
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Elsie's Friends at Woodburn
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Elsie and Her Loved Ones
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Elsie at Ion
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Signing the Contract, and What It Cost
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The Thorn in the Nest
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The Tragedy of Wild River Valley
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Elsie's Young Folks in Peace and War
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