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Sophia Amelia Hawthorne (née Peabody; September 21, 1809 – February 26, 1871) was an American painter and illustrator as well as the wife of author Nathaniel Hawthorne. She also published her journals and various articles.
In 1842, the American writer Nathaniel Hawthorne rented the Old Manse for $100 a year. He moved in with his wife, transcendentalist Sophia Peabody, on July 9, 1842, as newlyweds. [7] Peabody had previously visited Concord and met Ralph Waldo Emerson while working on a bas-relief portrait medallion of his brother Charles Emerson, who had died in ...
During these years, Nathaniel spurned invitations from James Russell Lowell to write for The Atlantic Monthly. When the journal was purchased by the publisher James T. Fields, he invited both Nathaniel and Sophia to write. He agreed but she declined, writing: "You forget that Mr. Hawthorne is the Belleslettres portion of my being, and besides ...
Nathaniel Hawthorne (born Nathaniel Hathorne; July 4, 1804 – May 19, 1864) was an American novelist and short story writer. His works often focus on history, morality, and religion. His works often focus on history, morality, and religion.
Her sister, Mary Peabody, was the wife of Horace Mann; the Mann family had their home at 155 Chestnut Street (since demolished) and hosted Nathaniel Hawthorne and his wife Sophia Peabody. Reverend Henry Lambert, living at 128 Chestnut Street, was a strong voice for abolition along with his daughter Mary T. Lambert and son-in-law William Francis ...
Nathaniel was an apothecary, doctor, and dentist. [5] Her sisters were Elizabeth, reformer, educator, and pioneer in establishing kindergarten schools and Sophia, painter and the wife of Nathaniel Hawthorne. [4] She had three brothers, Nathaniel, George Francis, and Wellington Peabody. [5] George and Wellington died in the twenties.
[6] Two years after Nathaniel's death in 1864, Hawthorne was enrolled at a boarding school run by Diocletian Lewis in nearby Lexington, Massachusetts; she disliked the experience. [7] After Nathaniel Hawthorne's death, the family moved to Germany and then to England. Sophia and Una died there in 1871 and 1877, respectively.
William Hathorne (c. 1606 –1681) was a New England politician, judge and merchant who was Commissioner for Massachusetts Bay and Speaker of the General Court.He arrived in America on the ship Arbella, [2] [3] and is the first American ancestor of author Nathaniel Hawthorne (who added the "w" to the spelling of his last name).