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Hawthorne's House

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Day
1
Month
June
Year
1883
Copyright
Public Domain
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ÍO9ton Ganette. "The Wayside" at Concord, which ifl ibout to bc sold, is the only house Hawthorne ever owned. It is a quaint and picturesque oíd house, -situated about a mile from Concord Village on the Lexington road. The house was built befure tlie Revolution, and, :ü- though itsgambrel thí has been ehanged in its original outline and many of the huge beanis have been covered, il still wcars its ancient aspect. Hawthoruc purchased it in 1852, and mude nuniovous alterations in it, erecüng a tower over the ell, in which he fitted up a stndy. It was here that he wrote the "Tanglewood Tales," and after h8 return f rom abroad he vvrot there "Our Oíd Home" and "Septimious Felton." He was buried from here, and the houae hasremained in the Hawthornc fatnily ver since, until now, when Mr. and klrs.George Parsons Lathrop have decidd to sell it. The sale liad notbeen conHinmated at last accounts, but is said ,hat a Boston gentleman, who looks at he place from a sentimental as well as from a business standpoint, ha aboul decided to parchase it. The most agreeable of all compaDÏons s a simple, frank man, without any ïigh pretensions to an oppressivc greatness; one who loves life, and understands the use of it; obliging; alike at all hours; above all, of a golden temper, and steadiast as au anchor. For such a one we gladlv exchange the greatest genius, the most brilliant wit, the profoundest thinker. Ïhe-Board of Edneation of Clinton, [owa, has purchased the library of Ihe Voung Men's Association, co:isisting of nearly 1,500 volumes. Hereafter it is to be free to the pupils of the publio schools, and teachers can in a measure iirect the reading ef their pupils.

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Ann Arbor Courier
Old News