American writer Delia Salter Bacon died #OTD in 1859.
She is best known for her work on the authorship of Shakespeare's plays, which she attributed to social reformers including Francis Bacon, Sir Walter Raleigh and others. Bacon's research in Boston, New York, and London led to the publication of her major work on the subject, The Philosophy of the Plays of Shakspere Unfolded.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delia_Bacon
Books by Delia Salter Bacon at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/2389