"The Scarlet Letter's Angry Eagle and the Salem Custom House" by Hugh
J. Dawson Article on the eagle of the Salem Custom House from the January, 1986,
vol. 122 issue of The Essex Institute Historical Collection (courtesy
of the Peabody Essex Museum)
In this article, Hugh Dawson argues that in the first chapter of The
Scarlet Letter, "The Custom-House," Hawthorne uses the Custom House eagle
as part of his satire on the political machine responsible for his firing from
his position as surveyor of the Salem Custom House.
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Article on the eagle of the Salem Custom House from the January, 1986 , vol. 122 issue of The Essex Institute Historical Collection (30-34)
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Article on the eagle of the Salem Custom House from the January, 1986 , vol. 122 issue of The Essex Institute Historical Collection (30-34)
(courtesy of ...)
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Article on the eagle of the Salem Custom House from the January, 1986 , vol. 122 issue of The Essex Institute Historical Collection (30-34)
(courtesy of ...)
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Article on the eagle of the Salem Custom House from the January, 1986 , vol. 122 issue of The Essex Institute Historical Collection (30-34) (courtesy of ...)
