James Russell Lowell
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James Russell Lowell was an American Romantic poet, critic, editor, and diplomat. He is associated with the fireside poets, a group of New England writers who were among the first American poets to ri
James Russell Lowell, c. 1855
Lowell's birthplace and longtime home at Elmwood in Cambridge, Massachusetts
The Atlantic Monthly, November 1857
James Russell Lowell in his later years
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was an American poet and educator. His original works include the poems "Paul Revere's Ride", The Song of Hiawatha, and Evangeline. He was the first American to completely t
An 1868 portrait of Longfellow by Julia Margaret Cameron
Birthplace of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Portland, Maine, c. 1910; the house was demolished in 1955.
Mary Storer Potter became Longfellow's first wife in 1831 and died four years later.
After a seven-year courtship, Longfellow married Frances Appleton in 1843