Multimedia Related to The Maternal Ancestors of Nathaniel Hawthorne

Robert Manning, Hawthorne's maternal uncle (courtesy of Peabody Essex Museum)

• Introduction to the Manning House by David Gavenda
  
  
• Exterior of the Manning House, circa the early 1900s
  
  
• The famous Manning garden, circa the early 1900s
  
  
• On the Mannings, audioclip with photos by David Gavenda
  
  
• Introduction to Rebecca Manning
  
  
• Objects from the Mannings' house, audioclips with photos by David Gavenda
  
  
  Franklin Stove from the Manning House
  
  Roast Oven from the Manning House
  
  
• Exterior of the Manning House in 2000
  
  
• Interior of the Manning House in 2000
  
  
• Downstairs:
  • Entry hall
    
  • Living room
    
  • Rebecca Manning's school room
    
  • Dining Room
    
  • Passage between the dining room and kitchen: candle and lamp storage
    
  • Kitchen
  
  
  
• Upstairs:
  • Door latches to bedroom
    
  • Master bedroom
    
  • The Borning Room
    
  • Rebecca Manning's bedroom
    
  • Room for the hired help
  
  
  
• The garden today with the ferns and copper beech from Manning's time