Ernest Longfellow, Cambridge, 1853
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NPS, Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site
To record the activities of his oldest son, Henry began Charley’s Journal in which he noted daily events on Charley’s behalf.
Charley recorded his own observations for one day, then his father continued the journal with charming accounts of childhood life.
For example, to celebrate Washington’s Birthday on February 22, they “popped corn on a shovel in the study.”
In this portrait of his second son, Henry records seven-year-old Erny in a colorful tunic.
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