Reminiscences of John Greenleaf Whittier´s Life at Oak Knoll
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Excerpt from Reminiscences of John Greenleaf Whittier´s Life at Oak Knoll: Danvers, Mass The following summer, Mr. Whittier spent a week at the Isle of Shoals, where he met his friend and admirer, Mr. Nathaniel Thayer of Boston and Lancaster, Massachusetts. Mr. Thayer was but little acquainted with the localities of Danvers, and he asked Mr. Whittier if he would not prefer a residence nearer to the city of Salem, at the same time remarking that the estate called "Kernwood" was then for sale, and that he would be pleased to see Mr. Whittier permanently residing there, intimating the pleasure it would give him to purchase the estate for Mr. Whittier. Mr. Whittier made a somewhat evasive reply, not really appreciating Mr. Thayer´s generous intentions. A few days after Mr. Whittier´s return to "Oak Knoll," he received a letter from Mr. Thayer containing the offer of "Kernwood" to him as a free gift, should he prefer to reside there rather than at "Oak Knoll." Mr. Whittier consulted the family in regard to it, and learning that they preferred to retain the independence of their own home, he gratefully declined his friend´s most generous offer. Although Mr. Whittier strongly desired to become a joint proprietor of "Oak Knoll," at the time of its purchase from Mr. William A. Lander, in the year eighteen hundred seventy-five, yet, in accordance with the wise counsels of Col. Johnson, he came to his home, in Danvers, untrammelled by any business complications, in order that he might be as free to go from our home, as he was always made free and welcome to its hospitalities. In the quiet atmosphere of "Oak Knoll," Mr. Whittier cast aside the cares of domestic life. The years of advancing age glided peacefully onward, past the limit of three score years and ten, and four score years brought to him no realizing sense of its prophecy of labor and of weakness. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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