The first American novel, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Power_of_Sympathy" id="mwRQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="The Power of Sympathy"><i id="mwRg">The Power of Sympathy or the Triumph of Nature Founded in Truth</i></a> by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Hill_Brown" id="mwRw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="William Hill Brown">William Hill Brown</a>, is printed in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston" id="mwSA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Boston">Boston</a>.