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Description
Several weeks before his death, poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow sent a telegram from his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to the Maine Historical Society to thank the members of the Society for the signal mark sent for his birthday, February 27, the date on the telegram.
He died on March 24, 1882.
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About This Item
- Title: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow telegram, 1882
- Creator: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Creation Date: 1882-02-27
- Subject Date: 1882-02-27
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Locations:
- Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA
- Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Ink on paper
- Local Code: Coll. 1606, Box 1/20
- Collection: Wadsworth-Longfellow family papers
- Object Type: Text
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Birthdays
- Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882--Birth
- Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882--Correspondence
- Maine Historical Society--Records and correspondence
- Telegrams
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Maine Historical Society485 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
(207) 774-1822 x230
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