Drawing Together: The Longfellows' Cultural Legacy


Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's chair, Cambridge, Massachusetts, ca. 1880

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's chair, Cambridge, Massachusetts, ca. 1880
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Maine Historical Society

Cambridge schoolchildren commissioned a chair for Longfellow’s birthday made from the wood of the "spreading chestnut tree," which is mentioned in the poem "The Village Blacksmith."

William Pitt Preble Longfellow, the poet's nephew, was commissioned for its design.

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