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Plaque with Hiawatha Quotation, 1940
Close-up detail of bronze plaque dedicated to a man named "Jacques Marquette." Inscription in French reads: "A Jacques Marquette / Grand missionnaire - Pionnier de la civilisation / Ne a Laon le 1er Juin 1637 - Mort au Canada le 18 Mai 1675 / Ses compatriotes - Ses admirateurs / Que le soleil est beau, Francais / quand tu nous viens visiter! / Hiawatha."
Detail of bronze (?) plaque for statue to Jacques Marquette. Quotation in French from Hiawatha.
Inscription: "Laon (aisne) . . . / Inscription on statue--" written in pencil upper verso by someone other than Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Dana. "[F]rom Longfellow's 'Song of Hiawatha' Canto XXII ll. 80-81 / "Beautiful is the sun. O strangers / When you come so far to see us" / from Mrs. Kingsley Porter" written in pencil below by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Dana.
Notes: C1930-C1950, time period when Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Dana and Trust actively collecting research materials concerning Hiawatha. Gift of Mrs. Kingsley Porter according to inscription.
Inscription: "Laon (aisne) . . . / Inscription on statue--" written in pencil upper verso by someone other than Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Dana. "[F]rom Longfellow's 'Song of Hiawatha' Canto XXII ll. 80-81 / "Beautiful is the sun. O strangers / When you come so far to see us" / from Mrs. Kingsley Porter" written in pencil below by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Dana.
Notes: C1930-C1950, time period when Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Dana and Trust actively collecting research materials concerning Hiawatha. Gift of Mrs. Kingsley Porter according to inscription.
Archives Number: 3007.1/2.3#029a
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Photographs Related to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Frances Elizabeth Appleton Longfellow (3007.001), (LONG-Subcollection)
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Longfellow House - Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site, Code: LONG
Longfellow House - Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Latitude: 42.3769989013672, Longitude: -71.1264038085938
Latitude: 42.3769989013672, Longitude: -71.1264038085938
NPS Museum Number Catalog : LONG 27886
Title: Finding Aid for the Longfellow Family Photograph Collection, 1845-1972 (bulk dates 1860-1920)
URL: https://www.nps.gov/long/learn/historyculture/archives.htm#LFP
URL: https://www.nps.gov/long/learn/historyculture/archives.htm#LFP
2015-06-30
01/01/1940 - 12/30/1940
Photograph in Longfellow Family Photograph Collection, Subcollection I. Photographs Related to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Frances Elizabeth Appleton Longfellow, Photographs Not in Albums, Photographs Related to Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. (300
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Organization: Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site
Address: 105 Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Email: LONG_archives@nps.gov
Address: 105 Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Email: LONG_archives@nps.gov
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