While living in Southern California, Newhall devoted herself to writing fiction.[7] Her productions were characterized as being on the order of the works of Augusta Evans. Newhall wrote a number of novels including: Adopted, Hazel Verne (which also went through a dramatization),[8]The Bride of Infelice (set in Massachusetts),[9] and Amber, among others.[2][7]After the Night Has Passed (set in the Yucatan),[10]Hazel Verne, or The Death Trust, and The Bride of Infelice were the best known of her works.[1]
Personal life
On July 31, 1884, in San Francisco, she married Joshua Otis Newhall (native of Saugus, Massachusetts), who was a merchant and hotel-keeper of Newhall, Los Angeles County, California. In 1890, Joshua Newhall turned over all his property to the Newhall Land and Farming Company, established by his uncle, Henry Newhall,[11] in satisfaction of his debts.[1] In the same year, Laura Newhall returned to San Francisco.[12] In 1891, Joshua Newhall was associated with the Palace Hotel in Napa, California,[13] and several of her poems of that time were signed from that city. In 1898, she was granted a divorce, the grounds being desertion.[1]
Laura Eugenia Newhall died in San Francisco, March 27, 1901. She was survived by her mother, Mrs. Terry, who lived in Healdsburg, California.[1]
Selected works
After the Night has Passed
The Bride of Infelice
Hazel Verne, or the Death Trust
Articles
"The Playing-Cards of All Nations", The San Francisco Call and Post, May 2, 1897 (text)
Novels
Adopted, Or, The Serpent Bracelet: A Novel, 1886 (text)
^ abcMighels, Ella Sterling (1893). "California Writers and Literature". The story of the files; a review of Californian writers and literature. San Francisco: Cooperative Printing Co. pp. 299–300. Retrieved February 5, 2025 – via Internet Archive. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^California State Library (1912). News Notes of California Libraries. California State Library. p. 147. Retrieved February 8, 2025. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^Wells, Emmeline Blanch Woodward (1893). "Notes and News". Woman's Exponent. Salt Lake City, UT: Woman's Exponent: 103. Retrieved February 8, 2025 – via Internet Archive. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^Holder, Charles Frederick (1892). The Californian. Vol. 2. Californian Publishing Company. p. 853. Retrieved February 8, 2025. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^"Ready in April". The Publishers Weekly. 49. F. Leypoldt: 20. 1896. Retrieved February 8, 2025. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^"Ada L. Halstead". The San Francisco Call and Post. December 14, 1890. p. 9. Archived from the original on July 8, 2025. Retrieved February 8, 2025 – via Newspapers.com. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^"Hazel Verne". The Napa Register. March 27, 1891. p. 1. Archived from the original on July 8, 2025. Retrieved February 8, 2025 – via Newspapers.com. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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