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“Literature from a Parsonage” – Concord, Massachusetts (circa 1910)

January 31, 2026 No Comments

I don’t know how American Literature is taught today, nor how contemporary scholars evaluate the literary giants of 19th century New England. When I was

“First Congregational Church of Danbury” – Danbury, Connecticut (circa 1909)

February 27, 2025 No Comments

The first European inhabitants of Danbury were a group of farmers who moved to this area of southwest Connecticut from Norfolk in 1685. This agricultural

Nathaniel Hawthorne and the Old Manse – circa 1920

March 15, 2022 No Comments

I have many postcards from the early 20th century that celebrate literary heroes. Longfellow, Whittier, Emerson, Louisa Mae Alcott, Harriet Beecher Stowe – each were