She even composed a hymn to George Dewey. Hamm produced one relatively progressive book, "Ghetto Silhouettes" (1902) with David Warfield, but her favorite subject — following the war-related books — was the American and New York elite. Titles in this series included "Builders of the Republic" (1902), "Eminent Actors in their Homes" (1902), and "Famous Families of New York" (1902). Hamm's first marriage ended in divorce. Her second marriage, to a fellow journalist, occurred two days after the first one ended. Hamm died at the age of 40 at Women's Hospital of Pneumonia in New York City after a long struggle with Pneumonia. See also her own correspondence in, for example: