Whittier's Home with portrait of John Greenleaf Whittier, Amesbury, Massachusetts, circa 1903
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- Public FiguresResidences
- Card type
- Private mailing card
About this postcard
A halftone view of the two-story clapboard house in Amesbury, Massachusetts, where the poet John Greenleaf Whittier lived from 1836 until his death in 1892, framed by an ornate floral border with an oval portrait of Whittier inset at right. Whittier, one of the best-known American poets of the nineteenth century and an ardent abolitionist, wrote much of his later verse in this house, which became a pilgrimage site for admirers after his death. The card's own caption names it simply "Whittier's Home, Amesbury, Mass."
Postcard Details
Greenleaf St, Amesbury, MA
Postcard record
| Postmarked | |
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| Condition | Good |
| Place addressed | Charlotte Hassett, Greenleaf St, Amesbury, MA |
| Place depicted | Whittier's Home, Amesbury, MA |
| Place depicted | Amesbury, MA |
| Stamp | 1c George Washington, green, perforated on all sides |
| Notes | Undivided-back era card with a decorative engraved floral border; handwritten message and date on the front; light foxing and edge wear. Postmark: AMESBURY MASS. AUG 15 8:30 A 1903. Private Mailing Card stock ("Authorized by Act of Congress of May 19, 1898"), undivided back with "This side is for the address"; red ornamental heading, 1-cent Franklin stamp; light edge wear and slight soiling. |
Cite this card
Whittier's Home with portrait of John Greenleaf Whittier, Amesbury, Massachusetts, circa 1903, postcard, n.d.. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/whittiers-home-with-portrait-of-john-greenleaf-whittier-ames. Accessed October 24, 2026.