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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was fond of reading and at thirteen he wrote his first poem, "The Battle of Lovell's Pond," which appeared in the Portland Gazette Tuesday, November 21, 1820.
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About This Item
- Title: Battle of Lovell's Pond poem, ca. 1760
- Creator: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Creation Date: circa 1820
- Subject Date: circa 1760
- Location: Fryeburg, Oxford County, ME
- Media: Ink on paper
- Local Code: Newspapers--Portland Gazette 1820
- Object Type: Text
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Battles
- United States--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
- Pigwacket Fight, 1725
- Indians of North America
- Poetry
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