Sarah S. Jacobs

Sarah Sprague Jacobs was born in Rhode Island, 1813. Her parents was Rev. Bela Jacobs, a Baptist clergyman, and Sarah Sally (Sprague) Jacobs. From Rhode Island, Jacobs removed to Cambridge, Massachusetts. Some of her poems were brought together in Female Poets of America, edited by Rufus Wilmot Griswold. Her poems were serious and fanciful. "Benedetta" was one of her happiest compositions, and it is characteristic of her most usual tone and manner. There was no collection of her writings. Justin A. Jacobs, Sarah's brother, served as Cambridge city clerk from 1857 to 1887. For 40 years, Sarah was an assistant in the city clerk's office, relinquishing her duties about 1899 on account of ill health. She acted as chief record clerk most of that time. She was interested in educational matters, and was fond of Cambridge institutions, retaining her interest up to the time of her last illness. She was a member of the school board from 1880 to 1887. Burial was at Mount Auburn Cemetery. ==Selected works==

Books • Memoir of Rev. Bela Jacobs, A. M.: Compiled Chiefly from His Letters and Journals, by his Daughter, 1837 (text) • Nonantum and Natick, 1853 • The white oak and its neighbors, 1858 • Providence directory, 1858 Poems • "A Vesper" • "Benedetta" • "The Changeless World" • "Ubi Amor, Ibi Fides" ==References==