Evert Duyckinck's Monument Picnic



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Timeline

Y/M/D Description Place
1850/08/05 Publisher Evert Duyckinck leads a picnic hike to the top of Monument Mountain in Great Barrington with two of Melville's neighbors, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Oliver Wendell Holmes. Monument Mountain, Great Barrington, MA
1850/08/05 Taking refuge under overhanging rocks during the thunderstorm, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Herman Melville have a vigorous discussion which will influence Melville's new book, Moby-Dick. Monument Mountain, Great Barrington, MA
1850/08/05 On the way up, Duyckinck's group is caught in a sudden storm and takes refuge under overhanging rocks where Oliver Holmes uncorks a bottle of champagne and shares it with the group. Monument Mountain, Great Barrington, MA
1850/08/05 At the summit of Monument Mountain, Herman Melville jumps onto a sharp rock resembling a ship's bowsprit overlooking the valley below and reels in imaginary rigging. Monument Mountain, Great Barrington, MA

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