Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Poet

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In the glory of the sunset Thus departed Hiawatha HENRY W. LONGFELLOW POET BORN FEB. 27, 1807 AT PORTLAND, ME. GRADUATED FROM BOWDOIN COLLEGE AND OCCUPIED THE CHAIR OF BELLES LETTRES IN HARVARD UNTIL 1854 HIS FIRST PUBLISHED WORK WAS HYPERION" EVANGELINE" AND HIAWATHA ARE AMONG HIS BETTER KNOWN LONGER POEMS.. MANY OF HIS POEMS ARE HOUSEHOLD FAVORITES IN AMERICA AND ABROAD DIED MAR. 24, 1882 AT CAMBRIDGE SSTEPHEN ANDERSON PORTLAN FEBI6 AM 9-AM 1940 MAINE HENRY W LONGFELLOW IR ENRY LON FELLOW SSUE UNGFELLOW

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W. H. ESPENSHADE PHILATELIC COVER SERVICE 1943 HAYES STREET SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF.