Sarah Helen Whitman
Sarah Helen Power Whitman
American
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
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| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
| 1803/01/19 | Sarah Helen Power, the daughter of Nicholas Power, is born at home. | Born | Sarah Helen Whitman House | Providence, RI | |||
| 1828/07/10 | Sarah Power marries John Winslow Whitman, a lawyer and Brown University alumni (class of 1818) and moves to Boston. | Widow | Judge Kilborn Whitman House | Pembroke | |||
| 1833/07/00 | John Winslow Whitman dies, at the age of 34, in his father's home, Judge Kilborn Whitman House. Sarah Whitman returns to Providence to live with her mother and sister, Anna. | Widow | Judge Kilborn Whitman House | Pembroke | |||
| 1848/09/00 | Poe stays at the Mansion House hotel (lost) on Benefit Street, a few blocks from Sarah Power's house to court her. To maintain discretion, they meet at the Athenaeum and Swan Point Cemetery. | Life | Swan Point Cemetery | Providence, RI | |||
| 1848/12/23 | At the Athenaeum, Sarah Helen Whitman is informed that Poe has been drinking. She breaks off their engagement and runs home. | Life | Providence Athenaeum | Providence, RI | Courtship of Widow Whitman | ||
| 1853/00/00 | "Hours of Life and Other Poems" by Sarah Power Whitman is published. | Author |
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