1809/09/21 |
Sophia Amelia Peabody is born in Salem, the daughter of Nathaniel and Elizabeth Peabody. |
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1837/11/00 |
Nathaniel Hawthorne meets Sophia Peabody at her home in Salem. |
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Grimshawe-Peabody House, Salem |
Salem, MA |
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1840/08/00 |
Sophia Peabody, a skilled painter and sculptor, creates her works which are for in the bookstore, as is an exclusive line of fine art supplies endorsed by family friend and Romantic landscape painter, Washington Allston. |
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Peabody Residence and Book Room |
Boston |
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1842/07/09 |
Sophia Peabody weds Nathaniel Hawthorne in the upstairs parlor at the Peabody Home in Boston, MA. |
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Peabody Residence and Book Room |
Boston |
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1842/07/09 |
Sophia and Nathaniel Hawthorne rent Old Manse from Ralph Waldo Emerson for $100 per annum. |
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Old Manse |
Concord, MA |
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1845/10/02 |
Unable to afford the rent on their Concord home, Nathaniel, Sophia, and daughter Una, return to live in Hawthorne's mother's home on Herbert St in Salem. |
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Manning House |
Salem, MA |
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1846/03/00 |
A pregnant Sophia Hawthorne moves to 77 Carver St in Boston to be near her family and her doctor. Although there is a street sign, Carver Street no longer remains. |
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Bay Village |
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1846/06/22 |
Sophia gives birth to Julian. "A small troglodyte made his appearance ..., the heir of all our wealth and honors. He has dark hair and is no great beauty at present, but is said to be a particularly fine little urchin by everybody who has seen him." Dad |
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1846/07/00 |
Shortly after the birth of their son Julian, the Hawthorne family moves into the Bott-Fabin House. |
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Bott-Fabin House |
Salem, MA |
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1850/02/23 |
Nathaniel Hawthorne finishes reading "The Scarlet Letter" to his wife, Sophia. Mall St will be the Hawthorne home until March 1850. |
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The Scarlet Letter |
The Scarlet Letter House |
Salem, MA |
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1850/03/00 |
The Hawthornes take a cottage in Stockbridge where, most days, Nathaniel walks two miles to the Lenox post office to pickup his mail. His series of children's stories, Tanglewood Tales, are inspired by the name of the neighboring estate. |
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Hawthorne's Little Red Cottage |
Stockbridge |
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1871/02/26 |
Sophia Hawthorne dies of typhoid pneumonia in London, England. |
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1871/03/04 |
Sophia Hawthorne is buried in Kensal Green Cemetery, London. The grave is on a sunny hillside looking towards the east with a head and footstone of white marble. Una plants ivy she had brought from America and periwinkle from her papa's grave. |
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Kensal Green Cemetery, Kensington |
Kensal Green, London |
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