A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography/Allin, Abby
ALLIN, ABBY,
Is an American lady, whose poems have appeared in several periodicals with the signature "Nilla," her own name reversed, during several years past. In 1850, her prose and poetical contributions to the Boston Journal were published. "Home Ballads, a book for New Englanders," is the title of the work, which well describes its spirit and sentiment. "The writings of Miss Allin," says a contemporary biographer, "are filled with warm sympathies for the working world; she has a cheerful, hopeful philosophy, and loves home, children, and friends. The expression of these feelings makes her ballads popular."