Anne Hecht

by George Dance Anne Hecht (fl. 1786) was a Canadian poet.

Life
Little is known of Hecht, except that she appears to be well-educated and to have never married. She is known by a poem she wrote for Mehitable Calef (1768-1860), an 18-year-old Loyalist from Saint John, New Brunswick, on the occasion of the latter's marriage to a Loyalist more than twice her age, Capt. David Mowat. Hecht, one of Calef's bridesmaids, wrote her poem, "Advice for Mrs. Mowat," on birchbark. Carole Gerson and Gwendolyn Davis, Canadian Poetry: From the Beginnings Through the First World War (Toronto: McClelland and Stewart New Canadian Library, 1994), 41-43, Print.