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	Whittier
		John Greenleaf Whittier was born on December 17, 1807 in the southwest Parlor of the Whittier Homestead.
		Whittier died on September 7, 1892 at a friend's home in Hampton Falls, NH, and was buried with the rest of his family in Amesbury.
		The original barn, built in 1821 by John and Moses Whittier, the poet's father and uncle, to which the boys tunneled through the snowbank as described in "Snow-Bound," was burned in 1970.
	www.haverhillpl.org /Departments/special/jgwhittier.htm (1238 words)

	John Greenleaf Whittier - MSN Encarta
		A deeply religious man, Whittier followed the Quaker faith of his parents and is often called the Quaker poet.
		As a Quaker deeply concerned with politics and social welfare, he served in the Massachusetts legislature, was founder of the Liberty party in 1839, and participated in the founding of the Republican party in 1854.
		Whittier's earliest works, including his Legends of New England in Prose and Verse (1831), were pastoral evocations of the rugged farm life of New England.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761576740/John_Greenleaf_Whittier.html (213 words)

	John Greenleaf Whittier
		John Greenleaf Whittier, America's "Quaker poet" of freedom, faith and the sentiment of the common people, was born in a Merrimack Valley farmhouse, Haverhill, Massachusetts, on the 17th of December 1807.
		All the Whittiers were men of stature and bodily strength, John Greenleaf being almost the first exception, a lad of delicate mould, scarcely adapted for the labor required of a Yankee farmer and his household.
		Whittier became very sensible of his shortcomings; and when at leisure to devote himself to his art he greatly bettered it, giving much of his later verse all the polish that it required.
	www.nndb.com /people/214/000103902 (2234 words)

	John Greenleaf Whittier
		WHITTIER, John Greenleaf, poet, born in Haverhill, Massachusetts, 17 December, 1807.
		In his seclusion Whittier was never idle, nor did he neglect his duties as a citizen while confirming his quality as a poet.
		Whittier, as many of his poems show, and as, indeed, would be inevitable, has had his moments of doubt and distrust, but never of despair.
	www.famousamericans.net /johngreenleafwhittier (1523 words)

	Whittier, John Greenleaf. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Whittier was a pioneer in regional literature as well as a crusader for many humanitarian causes.
		Whittier is depicted so often as the gentle hoary-headed Quaker that the fiery politician within him is often forgotten.
		In current critical estimation, Whittier’s ability as a balladist surpassed his ability as a poet.
	www.bartleby.com /65/wh/WhittrJG.html (524 words)

	John Greenleaf Whittier - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		John Greenleaf Whittier (December 17, 1807 – September 7, 1892) was an American Quaker poet and forceful advocate of the abolition of slavery in the United States.
		Whittier died at Hampton Falls, New Hampshire, and is buried in Amesbury, Massachusetts.
		His birthplace, the John Greenleaf Whittier Homestead in Haverhill, is now a museum open to the public, as is the John Greenleaf Whittier Home in Amesbury, his residence for 56 years.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Greenleaf_Whittier (758 words)

	The Academy of American Poets - John Greenleaf Whittier
		An American poet and editor, John Greenleaf Whittier was born December 17, 1807, in Haverhill, Massachusetts.
		Whittier was active in his support of National Republican candidates; he was a delegate in 1831 to the national Republican Convention in support of Henry Clay, and he himself ran unsuccessfully for Congress the following year.
		Although Whittier was close friends with Elizabeth Lloyd Howell and considered marrying her, in 1859 he decided against it.
	www.poets.org /poet.php/prmPID/720 (581 words)

	The John Greenleaf Whittier Society
		The John Greenleaf Whittier Society (JGWS) was established in 1923 as Whittier College’s leadership donor society.
		Whittier was an eloquent advocate of justice, tolerance, and liberal humanitarianism.
		John Greenleaf Whittier Society members enjoy various opportunities to meet faculty and students, become acquainted with fellow members, and participate in special events.
	www.whittier.edu /advancement/J_Greenleaf.htm (564 words)

	About John Greenleaf Whittier (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		John Greenleaf Whittier, the most outspoken abolitionist among the poets of his generation, was born into a Quaker farming family in Haverhill, Massachusetts, in 1807.
		Although his early life was one of relative hardship and isolation, his constant exposure to the wonders of nature gave him a poet's appreciation for the beauties of the world around him.
		Whittier died in Hampton Falls, New Hampshire, in 1892, having lived to see the successful conclusion of the abolitionist movement he had championed throughout his life.
	www.civilwarpoetry.org /authors/whittier.html (259 words)

	John Greenleaf Whittier's Anti-Slavery Ode to New Hampshire
		John Greenleaf Whittier wrote his short poem "New Hampshire" to honor the Granite State's bold unique stand against slavery in 1846, decades before the Emancipation Proclamation.
		Before he was born there in 1807, his father John, Whittier, a Quaker farmer and trader, had walked to the hills of New Hampshire and beyond.
		Greenleaf's father warned his talented son that poetry would not earn him bread, and for the most part, his father was right.
	www.seacoastnh.com /blackhistory/whittier.html (1977 words)

	John Greenleaf Whittier (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		John Greenleaf Whittier, the Quaker poet, loved Hampton, its beach, its people, its history and its legends.
		Of the five poems Whittier wrote between 1843 and 1867 which refer directly to our town, three are based on legends connected with prominent historical characters.
		It was in 1843 that Whittier wrote "Hampton Beach", so when he pitched his tent in the White Rock section in 1867, he had been intimately acquainted with our town's beautiful coast for over two decades.
	www.hampton.lib.nh.us /HAMPTON/history/1988/johngwhittier.htm (733 words)

	John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892)
		Specific to understanding Whittier as an abolitionist, it would be good to point out that the first abolition society was founded by Quakers (a few words about Woolman and about the Quaker beliefs that led so many of them to labor against slavery--inward light, reverence for all souls, etc.).
		It might be fruitful to ask that they compare Whittier's topical/protest poetry to the work of a poet like Dickinson --asking that they bracket for the moment questions of which they prefer to read and why, in order to focus instead on the different relationship established between poet and audience.
		At stake would be the quality of the students' analyses of their own creative processes, not so much the instructor's or class's opinion of the poem's effectiveness (though such reader response might form part of the "material" the students would consider as they analyzed and evaluated the task of composing this kind of poetry).
	college.hmco.com /english/heath/syllabuild/iguide/whittier.html (1310 words)

	John Greenleaf Whittier Home - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It was the home of American poet and abolitionist John Greenleaf Whittier from 1836 until his death in 1892, and is now a nonprofit museum open to the public May 1 through October 31; an admission fee is charged.
		Whittier moved to this house in 1836, where he lived with his mother, aunt, and sister Eliza.
		Whittier's birthplace in nearby Haverhill, the John Greenleaf Whittier Homestead, is also open to the public.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Greenleaf_Whittier_Home (217 words)

	John Greenleaf Whittier
		John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-92) is the College's namesake.
		Whittier College purchased Dr. Frederick Meek's superb John Greenleaf Whittier collection in 1979.
		Meek's set of material included an abundance of rare Whittier memorabilia, including: the contents of Whittier's Oak Knoll study, which contains the poet's desk and his mounted pet squirrel "Friday"; nearly 500 holograph letters; newspaper runs edited by Whittier; numerous likenesses; 50 framed paintings and pictorials; sculptures; sheet music; and a library of anti-slavery publications.
	web.whittier.edu /academic/library/test/GREENLEAF.HTM (168 words)

	John Greenleaf Whittier: Snow-Bound
		John Greenleaf Whittier was born 17 December 1807 in Haverhill, Massachusetts; he became a crusader against slavery as well as a noted and celebrated poet.
		Whittier's early work reflected his love for the country life, including nature and family.
		Whittier, as we have been so often before, for a very real and very refined pleasure.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/american_poetry/97939 (515 words)

	John Greenleaf Whittier Biography \| Encyclopedia of World Biography
		John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892) was an American poet whose humanitarianism and great popular appeal established him as an important 19th-century figure.
		John Greenleaf Whittier was born on a farm near Haverhill, Mass., on Dec. 17, 1807, of poor Quaker parents.
		Poor health caused Whittier to curtail his editorial duties, but he was able to serve as contributing editor from 1847 to 1859 of the abolitionist journal National Era.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/john-greenleaf-whittier (392 words)

	John Greenleaf Whittier — Infoplease.com
		John Greenleaf Whittier: Abolitionist and Poet - Abolitionist and Poet Whittier is depicted so often as the gentle hoary-headed Quaker that the...
		John Greenleaf Whittier: Early Life - Early Life Whittier received a scanty education but read widely.
		Wind and fire: St. Catherine of Siena and the north wind in John Greenleaf Whittier's Snow-Bound.
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/people/A0852170.html (256 words)

	From Revolution to Reconstruction: Outlines: Outline of American Literature: Democratic Origins and Revolutionary ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		John Greenleaf Whittier, the most active poet of the era, had a background very similar to Walt Whitman's.
		Whittier is respected for anti-slavery poems such as "Ichabod," and his poetry is sometimes viewed as an early example of regional realism.
		Whittier's sharp images, simple constructions, and ballad- like tetrameter couplets have the simple earthy texture of Robert Burns.
	odur.let.rug.nl /~usa/LIT/whittier.htm (224 words)

	John Greenleaf Whittier - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		John Greenleaf Whittier - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Whittier, John Greenleaf (1807-1892), American poet, born near Haverhill, Massachusetts, and largely self-educated.
		The rectifying properties of crystals were discovered in 1912 by the American electrical engineer and inventor Greenleaf Whittier Pickard, who...
	encarta.msn.com /John_Greenleaf_Whittier.html (111 words)

	John Greenleaf Whittier's Civil War Modern Age - Find Articles
		Whittier was born of Quaker background in December 1807 on a farm near Haverhill, Massachusetts.
		In the ensuing years, Whittier edited an Abolitionist newspaper, The Pennsylvania Freeman, served a term in the Massachusetts legislature, wrote many anti-slavery poems, and gave speeches for the cause.
		Thus the most recent volume of Whittier's that readers had in hand at the time of the crisis precipitated by the election of Abraham Lincoln presented Whittier more as the "folk poet of New England," as Gay Wilson Allen calls him, than as the anti-slavery agitator of old.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0354/is_2_47/ai_n15338204 (704 words)

	Hampton Beach by John Greenleaf Whittier
		John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892) was raised and schooled in what is now called the "North Shore" area of Massachusetts.
		Today Whittier may be best known as an abolitionist, fighting to end slavery with poems like "New Hampshire" (click to read) Though recognized early for his poetry, Whittier made his living mostly as a local newspaper editor and journalist.
		Whittier saw the rise of modern manufacturing and its grip on Seacoast life.
	www.seacoastnh.com /poems/hampton.html (449 words)

	Mass Moments: John Greenleaf Whittier Dies
		...in 1892, the poet John Greenleaf Whittier died at the age of 85.
		John Greenleaf Whittier was born in 1807 on a small farm that had been in his family for over a century.
		Whittier devoted 30 years of his life — "all the hopes and dreams of [his] younger years" — to the fight against slavery.
	www.massmoments.org /moment.cfm?mid=260 (804 words)

	Whittier, John Greenleaf - KS-Cyclopedia - 1912
		Whittier, John Greenleaf, poet, was born near Haverhill, Mass., Dec. 17, 1807.
		To the air of Auld Land Syne this song could frequently be heard, as it was sung with spirit by parties of emigrants from the free states on their way to Kansas.
		Whittier is regarded by many as the most American of all American poets.
	skyways.lib.ks.us /genweb/archives/1912/w/whittier_john_greenleaf.html (282 words)

	John Greenleaf Whittier Biography \| Dictionary of Literary Biography
		Whittier's importance to America's cultural life, and the claim he makes on our remembrance, is at least two-fold.
		But if Whittier's life was dramatic for the moral, political, and, on occasion, the physical conflicts it contained, his poetry--the best of it--is of even greater significance.
		Poets are, first and last, most interesting for their poetry, and whatever else he was, Whittier was a poet.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/john-greenleaf-whittier-dlb (155 words)

	John Greanleaf Whittier
		Whittier's concern for the suffering of others was well illustrated in his book,
		Whittier was a regular contributor to the Atlantic Monthly.
		John Greenleaf Whittier described the first Anti Slavery Convention held in 1833 (c.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /USASwhittier.htm (887 words)

	John Greenleaf Whittier (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		One of America's most famous poets, John Greenleaf Whittier, lived over the border in Massachusetts but spent many days in Hampton and wrote six poems about the town and beach.
		His mother Abigail Hussey was from the line of the Hussey family of Dover, but Whittier mistakenly believed he descended from the Hussey family of Hampton and thus looked upon Hampton as the town of his ancestors.
		Whittier's summer home to be moved to Connecticut.
	www.hampton.lib.nh.us /hampton/biog/whittier/index.htm (255 words)

	John Greenleaf Whittier's "Snow-Bound" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		In his introduction, Whittier writes, “The inmates of the family at the Whittier homestead, who are referred to in the poem, were my father, mother, my brother and two sisters, and my uncle and aunt both unmarried.
		It is true to nature and local coloring, pure in sentiment, quietly deep in feeling, and full of those simple touches that show the poetic eye and the trained hand.
		Have a cup of hot chocolate with you while you enjoy Whittier’s descriptions of all that snow.
	webpages.charter.net /classicpoetry/snowbound.htm (470 words)

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