Biographical Sketches (From: “Fanshawe and Other Pieces”)

The biographies (from the collection “Fanshawe and Other Pieces”) are: Mrs. Hutchinson, Sir William Phips, Sir William Pepperell, Thomas Green Fessenden, and Jonathan Cilley. According to Wikipedia: ""Nathaniel Hawthorne (born Nathaniel Hathorne; July 4, 1804 — May 19, 1864) was an American novelist and short story writer.”