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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