Hannah Allen (Шаблон:Floruit), born Hannah Howse and later Hannah Chapman, was an English bookseller and printer whose trade focussed on religious treatises and colonial affairs in America. Our knowledge of Allen's activities comes mainly from documents dated between 1646 and 1651.Шаблон:Sfn
Hannah married Benjamin Allen on 2 April 1632.Шаблон:Sfn He died in 1646, and Hannah took over Benjamin's bookselling business after his death; she would later marry her apprentice Livewell Chapman.Шаблон:Sfn In total, there are 54 literary works bearing Hannah's imprint,Шаблон:Sfn but Bell estimates that the true number of her publications was somewhat higher.Шаблон:Sfn
In 1647, Allen published a book by Jessey titled The Exceeding Riches of Grace Advanced by the Spirit of Grace, in an Empty Nothing Creature, Viz. Mris [sic] Sarah Wight, which became a bestseller at the time.[1]Exceeding Riches concerned the prophetic vision of Sarah Wight, reported to have undergone such powerful religious experiences that she became paralysed.Шаблон:Sfn In the text, Allen is credited as a witness of Wight in her ecstatic state.[2]
Her trade also included works on the American colonies, including several treatises on the law of Massachusetts and Connecticut.[3]
