Ada C. Chaplin (January 25, 1842 – December 9, 1883) was an American writer of Christian religious works.
Early life She was born Ada C. Coffin on January 25, 1842 in Falmouth, Massachusetts, the daughter of Robert A. Coffin and Wealthy Arms Coffin. She was raised in Conway, Massachusetts.
Career She was the author of a number of books, including A Mind of My Own, Eight Years Old, Little Nobody,Two Half Dollars,Widow Maynard’s Cow; or, Principle and Impulse. In 1871, she won a $500 prize for The Religious Training for the Young. In 1874, she presented her essay "Jonah as a Missionary and the Jonas of To-Day" at a Womens' Baptist Missionary Society conference held at Shelburne Falls.
In 1883, she published The Old Year and the New, a book of Sunday School exercises.
Personal life and death In 1860, she married Baptist clergyman Adoniram Judson Chaplin. He was the son of Jeremiah Chaplin and his siblings included Hannah O'Brien Chaplin.
Chaplin died on 9 December 1883 in Connecticut of tuberculosis. She was interred in Conway.
Bibliography
A Mind of My Own Little Nobody Two Half Dollars Widow Maynard’s Cow; or, Principle and Impulse. Philadelphia: American Baptist Publication Society, 1863. Eight Years Old A Happy New Year: The Story of a Boy Who Hunted for the Little Foxes. New York: Carlton & Porter, 1864. Annie Lincoln’s Lesson; or, A Day in the Life of a Thankful Child. Philadelphia, Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1866. The Little Watchman. Philadelphia, Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1868. Edith’s Two Account Books. Philadelphia, Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1868. Grace Harland; or, Christ's path to happiness. Philadelphia, Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1869. Charity Hurlburt. Boston, H. Hoyt, 1870. Christ's Cadets. Philadelphia: American Baptist Publication Society, 1870. Our Gold-Mine: The Story of American Baptist Missions in India. Boston: W. G. Corthell, 1877. Early Sowers in the White Fields of France. Boston: Women's Baptist Missionary Society, 1881. Workers Together. Boston: H. Gannett, 1882. The Old Year and the New: Exercises for Christmas and New Years', Lawn Parties, Mission Bands, and Sunday School Entertainments. Boston: Howard Gannett, 1883. Cousin Mercy's Idea; or, The Heavenly Wardrobe. Philadelphia: American Baptist Publication Society, .1884.
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