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| | birth_place = [[Horsham, Pennsylvania]], United States | | birth_place = [[Horsham, Pennsylvania]], United States |
| | death_date = {{death date and age|1801|02|23|1737|02|03|df=yes}} | | death_date = {{death date and age|1801|02|23|1737|02|03|df=yes}} |
| | death_place = [[Graeme Park]], Pennsylvania, US | | death_place = near [[Graeme Park]], Pennsylvania, US |
| | notablework = ''The Dream'', 1768 | | notablework = ''The Dream'', 1768 |
| | spouse = Hugh Henry Fergusson | | spouse = Hugh Henry Fergusson |
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| ==Confiscation of Graeme Park== | ==Confiscation of Graeme Park== |
 | Elizabeth was forced to vacate the property and for two years lived with various acquaintances and family members.{{sfn|Ousterhout|2003|p=}} Elizabeth Ferguson wrote letters to get help regaining her property after it was confiscated.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book|title=Women's Narratives of the Early Americas and the Formation of Empire|last=Tillman|first=Kacy|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan US|year=2016|location=New York|pages=145, 146, 147, 148, 152}}</ref> These letters tended to be forceful and vigorous in order for her to get the help she needed.<ref name=":6" /> After two years of petitioning the government, Elizabeth finally regained the right to her property and moved back to Graeme Park in 1781. In 1791, however, Elizabeth could no longer afford the upkeep of the property and was forced to sell.{{sfn|Ousterhout|2003|p=}} |
| Elizabeth was forced to vacate the property and for two years lived with various acquaintances and family members.<ref name="Ousterhout" /> | |
| Elizabeth Ferguson wrote letters to get help regaining her property after it was confiscated.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book|title=Women's Narratives of the Early Americas and the Formation of Empire|last=Tillman|first=Kacy|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan US|year=2016|location=New York|pages=145, 146, 147, 148, 152}}</ref> These letters tended to be forceful and vigorous in order for her to get the help she needed.<ref name=":6" /> After two years of petitioning the government, Elizabeth finally regained the right to her property and moved back to Graeme Park in 1781. In 1791, however, Elizabeth could no longer afford the upkeep of the property and was forced to sell.<ref name="Ousterhout" /> |
| ==Later years and death== | ==Later years and death== |
| For the final ten years of her life, Elizabeth lived with friends and wrote voraciously, publishing some of her poetry and participated in the writing of [[commonplace book]]s with a number of her female acquaintances, such as [[Hannah Griffitts]]. She died in 1801, while being tended to by [[Benjamin Rush]], very close to Graeme Park.<ref name="Ousterhout">Ann M. Ousterhout, ''The Most Learned Woman in America: A Life of Elizabeth Graeme Fergusson'', University Park, PA: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2004.</ref> | For the final ten years of her life, Elizabeth lived with friends and wrote voraciously, publishing some of her poetry and participated in the writing of [[commonplace book]]s with a number of her female acquaintances, such as [[Hannah Griffitts]]. She died in 1801, while being tended to by [[Benjamin Rush]], very close to Graeme Park.{{sfn|Ousterhout|2003|p=}} |
| Elizabeth is buried on the south side of the churchyard of [[Christ Church, Philadelphia|Christ Church]] in Philadelphia.<ref name=ccphil/> | Elizabeth is buried on the south side of the churchyard of [[Christ Church, Philadelphia|Christ Church]] in Philadelphia.<ref name=ccphil/> |
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