![]() ![]() ![]() Nathaniel Hawthorne, wrote The Scarlet Letter, House of the Seven Gables, Twice Told Tales, and other novels and publications.The Alcotts, who owned the house from 1845-1852, called it "Hillside." Here Louisa May Alcott, author of Little Women, and her sisters lived much of the childhood described in the book.They, along with their neighbors Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau joined many others such as Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Herman Melville to begin a literary tradition recognized as distinctly American. The Wayside is among the park's 11 April 19th Witness Houses.ĭuring the 19th century a succession of authors called this house home most notably Louisa May Alcott and Nathaniel Hawthorne. Despite British soldiers marching right past the house as they entered Concord there is no evidence they stopped and searched it. On Apthe house was directly mentioned by General Thomas Gage as a place to be searched for arms and supplies. Three Centuries of History and LiteratureĮarly occupants of the Wayside included Samuel Whitney, member of the Massachusetts Provincial Congress in 1775 and muster master for Concord's minute man companies. ![]()
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