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Home: The Wadsworth-Longfellow House and Portland - People of the Wadsworth-Longfellow House

"… wanted the house to be a memorial to the popular poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, who had died in 1882."

NPS, Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters Historic Site

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Historic Hallowell - Important Buildings and Institutions

"… Free Library In 1909, Emma Huntington Nason, poet, author and composer wrote in Old Hallowell on the Kennebec: A stranger visiting Hallowell…"

Historic Hallowell - A Chosen Place

"He was Baron Wormser, Poet Laureate of the state of Maine, and he recorded his impressions in a piece written for the December 2004 issue of Down…"

Music in Maine - Longfellow Family Music

"… Historical Society Born in Portland in 1807, poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow spent his childhood in the Wadsworth-Longfellow House, nurtured by…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 4 of 4

"Rumford In summary, Rumford poet, Thomas Fallon’s poem “Pennacook Falls”, tells the story of our great Androscoggin, without which there would be…"

Early Maine Photography - Art - Page 1 of 2

"… and Zilpah Longfellow, the elderly parents of poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. A daguerreotype of each of these portraits was made for family…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - People

"… née Chase 1832-1911: Author, journalist and poet Nathan Cutler 1775-1861: one of the founders of the Farmington Academy (also see political leader…"

Parsonsfield-Porter Historical Society

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Byron

"… 1833 and was renamed Byron after the well known poet Lord Byron, who had just come from England to visit America. Mendearth Mine, Byron, ca."

Early Maine Photography - Portland Photographers

"… and Mariana Longfellow, nieces and nephews of the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Other Portlanders who sat for Howe include student Walter H."

Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 3 of 3

"… (1819-1892), the younger brother of the poet. Born in Portland, Samuel graduated from Harvard in 1839 and from its Divinity School in 1846."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Quenching the Thirst

"Calling him "the poet of hopeless hope," author David Newlove wrote, "For him, alcohol was death around the clock."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 3 of 3

"… who had been inspired by a play by the Irish poet John Banim about the legend of Damon and Pythias."

Home: The Wadsworth-Longfellow House and Portland - The Wadsworth Era: 1786-1807

"The poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was named in his memory. Alexander Scammell Wadsworth (1790–1851) was the ninth child of Peleg and Elizabeth…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - 1790s: A Growing Movement

"… 1793, Peleg Wadsworth, grandfather of the noted poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, put forth an effort to place a separation bill in front of the…"

Colby College Special Collections

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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Drinking: Elegance and Debauchery

"… numerous picnic parties, which were celebrated by poets and painters. The Deering farm on the island included a cider press."

Music in Maine - Community Music

"According to Ives, poets and singers from the Maritimes, often considered the best lumber camp singers, heavily influenced logging musical traditions."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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