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(1850-1894) Poet, writer. “Treasure Island” (1883), stayed at the Stevens Hotel on E. 11th Street in Manhattan in 1888. In the winter of 1887-88, Stevenson came to Saranac Lake seeking treatment for tuberculosis. During the winter he worked on “The Master of Ballantrae” (1889).He collaborated with his stepson Lloyd Osbourne to write “The Wrong Box” (1889).

Full Name

Robert Louis Stevenson

Locations

Essex

Author's Timeline

1850

BIRTH

Stevenson was born in Edinburgh, Scotland.

1883

LITWORK

"Treasure Island "


A swashbuckling adventure story of a search for Captain Kidd's buried treasure.

1886

LITWORK

"Kidnapped"

1887

OTHER

Stevenson suffered from tuberculosis throughout his lifetime. In his search for a suitable climate he spent a year in Saranac Lake, New York, a village divided between Essex and Franklin Counties.

1887

OTHER

Stevenson suffered from tuberculosis throughout his lifetime. In his search for a suitable climate he spent a year in Saranac Lake, New York, a village divided between Essex and Franklin Counties.

1888

OTHER

Stayed in Manhattan, New York City, NY


Stevenson stayed at the Stevens Hotel on E. 11th Street in Manhattan in 1888.

1889

LITWORK

"The Wrong Box"


A novel written in collaboration with his stepson Lloyd Osbourne.

1889

LITWORK

"The Master of Ballantrae"

1894

DEATH

Stevenson died of a cerebral hemorrhage at his home in what is now Samoa.

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