Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Cambridge, ca. 1875
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Used by George Washington as his office during the Siege of Boston 1775-1776, this room served as Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's study where he wrote many of his poems and was the setting for his poem "The Children's Hour."
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- Title: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Cambridge, ca. 1875
- Creator: Warren, George Kendall
- Creation Date: circa 1875
- Subject Date: circa 1875
- Town: Cambridge
- County: Middlesex
- State: MA
- Media: albumen photograph
- Local Code: LONG 27930 (1006/015 item 63)
- Collection: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Family Papers
- Object Type: Image
For more information about this item, contact:
Longfellow National Historic Site
105 Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
(617) 876-4491
http://www.nps.gov/long/
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Studies (Rooms)
Washington, George, 1732-1799--Homes and haunts--Massachusetts--Cambridge
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882--Photographs
Maine authors
Maine poets
Longfellow House (Cambridge, Mass.)--Interiors
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882--Homes and haunts--Massachusetts--Cambridge
Longfellow National Historic Site (Cambridge, Mass.)
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