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(1790-1867) Poet. Fitz-Greene Halleck lived and worked in New York City.

Full Name

Fitz-Greene Halleck

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline

1790

BIRTH

Fitz-Greene Halleck was born in Guilford, Connecticut, in 1790.

1811

RESIDENCE

Halleck came to New York in 1811, and began a twenty year employment with the New York banker, Jacob Barker. In 1832 he became the private secretary of John Jacob Astor.

1819

LITWORK

Fanny


Long poem.

1823

LITWORK

Alnwick Castle


Poem.

1825

LITWORK

Marco Bozzaris


Poem.

1827

LITWORK

Alnwick Castle, with Other Poems


Collection of poetry.

1867

DEATH

Fitz-Greene Halleck died in Guilford, Connecticut, in 1867.

1867

INTERMENT

Fitz-Greene Halleck was interred in Alderbrook Cemetery in Guilford, Connecticut.

1877

OTHER

A statue is erected to Halleck on the Literary Walk on the Mall in New York City's Central Park in Manhattan, New York.

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