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Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882

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dates 1807-1882
city Cambridge
stateMA
other citiesPortland, ME; Brunswick, ME;
sex M
historical notes Collector Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was a commanding figure in the cultural life of nineteenth-century America. Born in Portland, Maine, in 1807, he became a national literary figure by the 1850s, and a world- famous personality by the time of his death in 1882.
He was a traveler, a linguist, and a romantic who identified with the great traditions of European literature and thought. At the same time, he was rooted in American life and history, which charged his imagination with untried themes and made him ambitious for success.
He married Frances ("Fanny") Appleton in 1843, her father bought Craigie House in Cambridge for them as a wedding present, Longfellow having previously rented rooms in the house.

His first wife, former Miss Mary Storer Potter of Portland, died of a complicated miscarriage (ca. 1835).
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1840-1850
1850-1860
1860-1870
1870-1880
websitehttp://www.longfellowfriends.org; www.hwlongfellow.org
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Longfellow National Historic Site
Archives
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) Family Papers, 1768-1972 (Bulk dates: 1825-1950) see details...
Longfellow National Historic Site
Archives
Longfellow Family Photograph Collection, 1845-1972. see details...
Longfellow National Historic Site
Archives
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Dana (1881-1950) Papers, 1744-1971. see details...
Longfellow National Historic Site
Archives
Wadsworth-Longfellow Family Papers, 1610-1971. see details...
Bowdoin College, Library
George J. Mitchell, Special Collections & Archives
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Collection, 1821-1995 (bulk 1821-1909).
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Houghton Library
Harvard Yard, Harvard University
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Papers, 1819-1928 (bMS Am 1340) see details...
Houghton Library
Harvard Yard, Harvard University
Letters to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1761-1904 (inclusive) 1820-1888 (bulk). (MS Am 1340.2-1340.7) see details...
Maine Historical Society
489 Congress Street
Wadsworth-Longfellow family archives,1848-1907.
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Maine Historical Society
489 Congress Street
Wadsworth-Longfellow family papers, [between 1762 and 1921]. see details...
Maine Historical Society
489 Congress Street
Wadsworth Longfellow families research collection, 1723-1995 see details...
Maine Historical Society
489 Congress Street
[Wadsworth Longfellow house] [scrapbook] see details...
Houghton Library
Harvard Yard, Harvard University
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Miscellaneous papers, 1840-1882 (MS Am 1370). see details...
Houghton Library
Harvard Yard, Harvard University
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Letters to Emmeline Austin Wadsworth, 1847-1877 (MS Am 1340.12). see details...

see also:
Longfellow, Fanny Appleton, 1817-1861
Longfellow, Charles Appleton