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Nathaniel Hawthorne ( July 4, 1804 - May 19, 1864) was a 19th century American novelist and short story writer. He was born in Salem, Massachusetts and died in Plymouth, New Hampshire. Hawthorne's father was a sea captain and descendant of John Hathorn, one of the judges who oversaw the Salem witch trials. Hawthorne's father died at sea in 1808, when Hawthorne was only four years old, and Nathaniel was raised secluded from the world by his mother.

Hawthorne attended Bowdoin College in Maine from 1821–1824 where he became friends with Longfellow and future president Franklin PierceFranklin Pierce Order 14th President Term of Office March 4, 1853 March 3, 1857 Followed Millard Fillmore Succeeded by James Buchanan Date of Birth Friday, November 23, 1804 Place of Birth Hillsborough, New Hampshire Date of Death October 8, 1869 Place of.

In 1842, he married illustratorFor the vector-based drawing program from Adobe Systems, see Adobe Illustrator. An illustrator is a graphic artist that specializes in enhancing written text by providing a graphic representation that corresponds to the content of the associated text. and transcendentalistTranscendentalism was the name of a group of new ideas in literature, religion, culture and philosophy which emerged in New England in the early- to mid- nineteenth century. It began as a coherent movement with the founding of the Transcendental Club in C Sophia PeabodySophia Amelia Peabody ( 1809 1871) was a painter and illustrator born in Salem, Massachusetts. She also published her journals and various articles. On July 9, 1842, she married Nathaniel Hawthorne, a marriage that would be happy for both of them. They ha, and the two moved to the Old Manse in Concord, MassachusettsTowns in Massachusetts Middlesex County, Massachusetts Concord is a town located in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 16,993. For geographic and demographic information on West Concord, which i, where they lived for three years. Their neighbors in Concord included Ralph Waldo EmersonRalph Waldo Emerson ( May 25, 1803 April 27, 1882) was a famous American essayist and one of America's most influential thinkers and writers. Life Emerson was born in Boston, Massachusetts to a Unitarian minister and would later become a Unitarian ministe and Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau ( July 12, 1817 May 6, 1862; born 'David Henry Thoreau') was a noted American author and philosopher who is most famous for Walden his essay on civil disobedience, and his call for the preservation of wilderness. He was a lifelong abol. Like Hawthorne, Sophia was a reclusive person. She was, in fact, bedridden with headaches until her sister introduced her to Hawthorne, after which her headaches seem to have abated. The Hawthornes enjoyed a long marriage, and Sophia was greatly enamored with her husband's work. In one of her journals, she writes: "I am always so dazzled and bewildered with the richness, the depth, the...jewels of beauty in his productions that I am always looking forward to a second reading where I can ponder and muse and fully take in the miraculous wealth of thoughts" (Jan 14th 1951, Journal of Sophia Hawthorne. Berg Collection NY Public Library).

The two had three children: Una, Julian, and Rose. Una suffered from mental illness and died young. Julian moved out west and wrote a book about his father.



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