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12/31/1839 |
Ralph Waldo Emerson delivers the first in a series of ten lectures. |
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1840 |
Dana, Richard Henry Jr. Two Years Before the Mast. |
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03/20/1841 |
Emerson, Ralph Waldo. Essays. |
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12/02/1841 |
Ralph Waldo Emerson delivers the first of a series of lectures on “The Times.” |
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1841 |
Lydia Maria Child leaves Boston for New York to edit the National Anti-Slavery Standard. |
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01/22/1842 |
Charles Dickens arrives in Boston on board the Britannia. |
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01/31/1842 |
Boston in 1842 is described by Charles Dickens. |
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02/01/1842 |
Charles Dickens is the guest of honor at a number of events. |
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04/21/1842 |
Adams (Charles Follen) is born in Dorchester. |
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07/09/1842 |
Sophia Peabody marries Nathaniel Hawthorne. |
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