Item 23772 - Longfellow's birthplace, Portland, ca. 1902

Item 23772 - Longfellow's birthplace, Portland, ca. 1902
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Item 23772
Longfellow's birthplace, Portland, ca. 1902
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Dining room of the Samuel Stephenson (1775-ca.1821) home on Fore and Hancock streets in Portland.

Captain Samuel Stephenson, brother-in-law of Stephen Longfellow, invited Zilpah and Stephen to stay in his home in 1806 when Stephenson was away on business.

The Longfellows' second son, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, was born at this house.

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