#old manse

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The Old Manse - Concord, MA

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Nov 17, 2018 -one of the west windows in Nathaniel Hawthorne's study in the Old Manse. His wife, Sophia Peabody, inscribed one of the panes, using her diamond to ectch the words onto the glass; with an addition by Hawthorne himself.-taken on Sept 17, 2018

Here is what is written on the glass:

Man's accidents are GOD's purposes

Sophia A Hawthorne 1843

Natn' Hawthorne

This is his study

1843

The smallest twig

leans clear against the sky:

{Composed by my wife,

and written with her diamond}

Inscribed by my

husband at sunset

April 3rd 1843

On the gold light SAH

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Nov 17, 2018 -the view north of the Concord River from the North Bridge -taken Sept 17, 2018

"It may well be called the Concord--the river of peace and quietness--for it is certainly the most unexcitable and sluggish stream that ever loitered, imperceptibly towards its eternity, the sea. Positively, I had lived three weeks beside it, before it grew quite clear to my perception which way the current flowed. It never has a vivacious aspect, except when a north-western breeze is vexing."

Nathaniel Hawthorne(1804-1864), "Mosses from an Old Manse (1846)"

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Nov 17, 2018 -upstairs view from the study at the Old Manse, of the path that leads down to the Concord River and the North Bridge -taken Sept 17, 2018

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