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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Longfellow based two of his works on Newport subjects: the ballad The Skeleton in Armor and the poem The Jewish Cemetery at Newport. The Longfellow-Newport connection is derived in part from his friendship with George W. Greene and Samuel Ward, the brother of Julia Ward Howe [q.v.]. He had met Samuel Ward in Europe. During this trip, Longfellow became a member of the Royal Society of Northern Antiquaries in 1835. (Longfellow, from this point, would be inspired by the northern romances.) On May 3, 1838, Longfellow wrote in his journal: "I have been looking at the old Northern Sagas, and thinking of a series of ballads or a romantic poem on the deeds of the first bold viking who crossed to this western world, with storm-spirits and devi

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