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Person/Organization: Longfellow, Zilpah

Historical Items

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Item 4123

Silhouette of Zilpah and Stephen Longfellow, ca. 1805

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1805 Location: Portland Media: Paper

Item 98893

Lucretia Sewall on Portland economy, neighbors, 1837

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1839 Location: Portland; New York Media: Ink on paper

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Item 100188

Peleg Wadsworth deed of land to Stephen Longfellow, Portland, 1827

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1827-02-23 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

Drawing Together: Art of the Longfellows

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is best know as a poet, but he also was accomplished in drawing and music. He shared his love of drawing with most of his siblings. They all shared the frequent activity of drawing and painting with their children. The extended family included many professional as well as amateur artists, and several architects.

Exhibit

Longfellow: The Man Who Invented America

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was a man and a poet of New England conscience. He was influenced by his ancestry and his Portland boyhood home and experience.