James Russell Lowell - Poet

"ELMWOOD" LOWELL'S HOME IN CAMBRIDGE AK JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL POET STEPHEN ANDERSON BORN FEB. 22,1819 AT CAMBRIDGE, MASS GRADUATED FROM HARVARD IN 1838 AND TAUGHT THERE FOR SEVERAL YEARS AS FIRST EDITOR OF "ATLANTIC MONTHLY HE WROTE IN SUPPORT OF ABOLITION OF SLAVERY LATER, SERVED AS U.S. MINISTER TO SPAIN AND TO GREAT BRITAIN HIS ESSAYS AND WEIGHTY WRITINGS WERE MANY, BUT HE IS BEST RE- MEMBERED FOR HIS POEMS HE DIED AUG 12, 1891 FEB20 9-AM 1940 MASS Засно JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL - FIRST DAY OF ISSUE Donald James 3595 Bainbridge Ave N.Y. Bronx 3