Contributed by Maine Historical Society
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Henry Wadworth Longfellow, during a visit to his family home in Portland in December 1837, wrote to Geroge S. Hillard. At the time, Longfellow was a professor of foreign languages at Harvard University.
George Stillman Hillard, a close friend of Longfellow, was a lawyer in Boston. Along with three other friends in Boston, Henry Cleveland, Cornelius Felton, and Charles Sumner, they formed the "Five of Clubs," an informal group that met on Saturdays to talk of their lives, futures, travel, philosophy and books.
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About This Item
- Title: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow letter to George S. Hillard, 1837
- Creator: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Creation Date: 1837-12-21
- Subject Date: 1837-12-21
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Locations:
- Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Boston, Suffolk County, MA
- Media: Ink on paper
- Local Code: Coll. 420, Box 31/
- Collection: John S. H. Fogg autograph collection
- Object Type: Text
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