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Excerpt from Whittier's Home at Amesbury: A Detailed Account of Souvenirs of the Poet It Contains; For the Use of Visitors, to Whom the House Is Freely Open
There were only four rooms in this cottage, including an attic. To accommodate his Aunt Mercy, he built a small ell. From 1836 to 1840, although frequently coming home because of illness, or to help in some political campaign, he was most of the time in New York and Philadelphia. In 1841, Joseph Sturge, the English philanthropist, came to this country, and Whittier accompanied him on several of his missions, to Newport, Philadelphia, and Washington. Sturge came to Amesbury, and noticed how the poet was cramped for room. Upon his return to England he sent Whittier one thousand dollars, to be used in the enlargement of his house. In 1847 this money was spent in adding a second story to the eastern end of the building, and Aunt Mercy's room was lengthened, and became what has since been known as the Garden Room. The new chamber over this room was taken by his sister, and after her deathin 1864, it became the poet's chamber. The second story was added to the Western half of the house in 1884. Up to this time the house had been painted white. The present yellow color was selected by Whittier himself, who though entirely color-blind as to red and green, was always partial to yellow. The cottage had been built several years before it was bought by Whittier.
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