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Susan Burley

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Susan Burley

Birth
Beverly, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
1850 (aged 58–59)
Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA GPS-Latitude: 42.5246556, Longitude: -70.9148944
Plot
Anemone Path
Memorial ID
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Hostess and literary patron. Her Saturday salons were attended by the intellectual and cultural elites of Salem and beyond, including Nathaniel Hawthorne, for whom she financed the publishing of some of his short stories.
Hostess and literary patron. Her Saturday salons were attended by the intellectual and cultural elites of Salem and beyond, including Nathaniel Hawthorne, for whom she financed the publishing of some of his short stories.

Gravesite Details

She is buried among members of the Howes family to whom she was related. Her gravestone is severely weathered and only partially legible.


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