Melville in Pittsfield Arrowhead (Herman Melville House)

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herman melville, c.1860


herman melville born in new york city in 1819. maternal grandparents lived in albany, new york, parents took family in 1830 after series of financial setbacks. uncle thomas melvill owned property in pittsfield family had visited few times when melville younger. first significant visit melville made uncle brief 1 in august 1831. after father died in january 1832, melville s mother took family pittsfield escape outbreak of cholera in july 1832. time of brief stay melville s interest in berkshires developed. in 1837 ran uncle s farm while latter traveled illinois pursue business opportunities. according melville s cousin priscilla, during time attachment area deepened considerably.


in summer of 1850, melville, wife lizzie, , son malcolm vacationed in pittsfield. visit uncle s farm bittersweet, uncle had agreed sell property, , family s last visit there. on august 5, 1850, melville met nathaniel hawthorne first time, having read short story collection mosses old manse. 2 among several invited picnic on monument mountain south of pittsfield group included evert augustus duyckinck , oliver wendell holmes, sr. melville , hawthorne struck instant friendship. attracted hawthornes, , apparently unwilling abandon berkshires, melville decided on impulse purchase brewster farm, abutted uncle s property. according news report of purchase, property commands 1 of extensive , splended views in berkshire. secured $3,000 loan father-in-law lemuel shaw (a massachusetts supreme judicial court chief justice in lenox court session @ time), received $1,500 mortgage brewster, , promised pay rest of $6,500 purchase price when new york lease sold. sale finalized on september 14, 1850. raise funds, melville sold off 80 acres (32 ha) in 1850s. shaw assumed mortgage in 1856, took title property in 1857, , transferred melville s wife in 1860.



arrowhead, pittsfield, massachusetts



sketch of arrowhead estate melville, c. 1860



arrowhead in 1860s








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