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Item 15739 - Longfellow Farm, Gorham, 1903
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Longfellow Farm, Gorham, 1903

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The Longfellow Farm in Gorham was occupied first by Stephen Longfellow II and then by his son, Judge Stephen Longfellow III.

Judge Longfellow had hundreds of elms set out on his 500 acres in 1787.

Stephen III was the grandfather of poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, who often visited his grandparents at the farm.

 

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Maine Historical Society
489 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
(207) 774-1822
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LC Subject Headings

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882--Homes and haunts--Maine--Gorham
Longfellow, Stephen, 1776-1849--Homes and haunts--Maine--Gorham
Farms--Maine--Gorham
American elm--Maine--Gorham

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Stephen Longfellow    Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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