Wednesday 5 March 2014

Nathaniel Hawthorne


Nathaniel Hawthorne, in a Brady Studio photo from the early 1860s.
He was born Nathaniel Hathorne, but changed the spelling to distance himself from some of his ancestors. His great-great-great-grandfather was a notoriously harsh judge. His great-great-grandfather, John Hathorne, was one of the judges at the Salem witch trials.
Among his many writings was “The Scarlet Letter”.

 Original B&W photo.

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