Literature Related to Houses Where Hawthorne Lived in Salem
Literature Related to Houses Where Hawthorne Lived in Salem
House in Salem where Hawthorne was born on July 4, 1804(photography by Aaron Toleos)
Fanshawe was published anonymously in 1828 In 1828 Hawthorne
was living at 10 ½ (or 12) Herbert St. in the house he referred to as
"Castle Dismal." He had been living there since his graduation from
Bowdoin in 1825.
In 1830 "Sights
from a Steeple" was published in The Token and "The
Hollow of the Three Hills" in the Salem Gazette. From 1828-1832
Hawthorne lived at 26 Dearborn St. with his mother and sisters in a
cottage built for his mother by her brother, Robert Manning, who lived
in the house next door at 33 Dearborn St.
In 1836, Hawthorne wrote for and edited the American Magazine of
Useful and Entertaining Knowledge
In 1837 Hawthorne published Twice-Told
Tales and Peter Parley's Universal History
From 1832 to June of 1836, Hawthorne again lived at 10 ½ Herbert St. After a brief stay in Boston, he returned to the Herbert St. house in August and remained there until 1837.
Mosses
from an Old Manse was published in June of 1846. In June of
1846 Hawthorne and his wife moved with their daughter Una and their
newborn son Julian to 18 Chestnut St.
In September of 1850 Hawthorne began writing The
Scarlet Letter. A few months after moving into 18 Chestnut St.,
Hawthorne and his family moved to larger quarters at 14 Mall St.
