Lucretia Peabody Hale (2 September 1820-12 June 1900) American author born in Boston, Massachusetts, to Nathan Hale and Sarah Preston Everett who had a total of eleven children. Lucretia's father, Nathan Hale, nephew and namesake of the patriot hero, was a lawyer and editor/owner of the Boston Daily Advertiser while her mother, also an author, was a sister of Edward Everett, a Unitarian minister and politician. Lucretia's brother, Edward Everett Hale, was also a Unitarian minister as well as a prolific author in his own right.