. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; his life, his works, his friendships . ond of this theme, and oncetold me that he intended sometime to write on it again. Severalamusing incidents grew out of our search for an old ballad on Love-wells Fight, which he was very anxious to obtain. I shall alludeto these in a later chapter. ^ Nathaniel Parker Willis was born in Portland, Jan. 20,1807. Re-moved to Boston, wliere he attended the Latin School, and subse-quently Phillips Academy at Andover ; was graduated from YaleCollege in the class of 1827. He then entered upon that literarycareer which gave him fame
. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; his life, his works, his friendships . ond of this theme, and oncetold me that he intended sometime to write on it again. Severalamusing incidents grew out of our search for an old ballad on Love-wells Fight, which he was very anxious to obtain. I shall alludeto these in a later chapter. ^ Nathaniel Parker Willis was born in Portland, Jan. 20,1807. Re-moved to Boston, wliere he attended the Latin School, and subse-quently Phillips Academy at Andover ; was graduated from YaleCollege in the class of 1827. He then entered upon that literarycareer which gave him fame and fortune, and which he continuedalmost to the close of his life. He died Jan. 20, 18G7. BIRTH AND EARLY CHILDHOOD. 41 wonderful pastorate of twenty years in Portland ; inthe same year, the third parish meeting-house, inwhich the late Rev. Dr. Dwight so long officiated,was built. But perhaps the most memorable eventof all others was the fact that the commerce of Portland, which had gone on increasing with giantstrides for a period of more than ten years, and had. The Old Wharf. at length reached a high state of prosperity, suddenlyfell, in 1807, under the crushing stroke of the em-bargo, and caused ruin and disaster throughout theentire community. It was the culmination of aperiod of great prosperity, and the beginning of aseason of adversity, ending in the calamities of fell off nine thousand tons in two years: 42 HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW. all the various classes to whom it gave support werethrown out of employment, and many large houseswere forced to suspend payment. The greatest dis-tress prevailed everywhere, and the grass literallygrew upon the wharves. Five years later came the second war with Eng-land, which, for the time being, gave a slight impulseto activity. Several privateers were fitted out, com-panies were organized, and fortifications were thrownup on Munjoys Hill, at the north-eastern extremityof the Neck, and garrisons were established in the
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