Born in Salem, Mass., in 1804; died in 1864; graduated from
Bowdoin College in 1825; served in the Custom House in
Boston; joined the Brook Farm community in 1841; surveyor of
the port of Salem in 1846-49; consul at Liverpool in
1853-57; published "Fanshawe" at his own expense in 1826,
"Twice Told Tales" in 1837-42; "Mosses from an Old Manse" in
1846, "The Scarlet Letter" in 1850, "House of the Seven
Gables" in 1851, "The Marble Faun" in 1860, "Our Old Home"
in 1863.
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