Nathaniel Hawthorne
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Nathaniel Hawthorne was an American novelist and short story writer. His works often focus on history, morality, and religion.
Hawthorne in the 1860s
Portrait of Nathaniel Hawthorne by Charles Osgood, 1841 (Peabody Essex Museum)
Nathaniel Hawthorne's childhood home in Raymond, Maine, built in 1804
Boston Custom House, Custom House Street, where Hawthorne worked c. 1839–40
The Wayside
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The Wayside is a historic house in Concord, Massachusetts. The earliest part of the home may date to 1717. Later it successively became the home of the young Louisa May Alcott and her family, who name
The Wayside, home in turn to authors Louisa May Alcott, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Margaret Sidney
The Hillside in 1845
A plaque recognizes the role the Alcott family played as part of the Underground Railroad while living in this house.
This statue of Nathaniel Hawthorne once stood in the visitor center of The Wayside but has since been moved to his writing tower.