Georgie A. Hulse McLeod

Georgie A. Hulse McLeod was a 19th-century author and hymnwriter of Southern United States literature, as well as an educator and temperance activist. She was well known in literary and temperance circles throughout the American South.

For 18 years, she corresponded with Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, who took much interest in her and in her work. She received encouragement from Lydia Sigourney, while Dr. Benjamin Franklin Thompson, the Long Island historian, was also one of McLeod's steadfast friends.