Quo Fuit places 7 dated presences for Louisa May Alcott across 7 places, from 1832 to 1876.
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Louisa May Alcott (November 29, 1832 to March 6, 1888) was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet best known for writing the novel Little Women (1868) and its sequels Good Wives (1869), Little Men (1871), and Jo's Boys (1886).Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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29 November 1832exact date
Germantown, Philadelphiaattested“Louisa May Alcott was born on November 29, 1832, in Germantown, now part of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.”source: Wikipedia: Louisa May Alcott
1848year
Concord, Massachusettsattested“Alcott described the three years she spent at Concord as a child as the "happiest of her life." When the Alcott family moved to the South End of Boston in 1848, Alcott had work as a teacher, seamstress, governess, domestic helper, and la…”source: Wikipedia: Louisa May Alcott
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South End, Bostonattested“Alcott described the three years she spent at Concord as a child as the "happiest of her life." When the Alcott family moved to the South End of Boston in 1848, Alcott had work as a teacher, seamstress, governess, domestic helper, and la…”source: Wikipedia: Louisa May Alcott
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Walpole, New Hampshireattested“In 1855 the Alcotts moved to Walpole, New Hampshire, where Alcott and Anna participated in the Walpole Amateur Dramatic Company.”source: Wikipedia: Louisa May Alcott
July 1858month
Bostonattested“After the family moved into Orchard House in July 1858, Alcott again returned to Boston to find employment.”source: Wikipedia: Louisa May Alcott
July 1858month
Orchard Houseattested“After the family moved into Orchard House in July 1858, Alcott again returned to Boston to find employment.”source: Wikipedia: Louisa May Alcott
1876year
Fruitlands (transcendental center)attested“Alcott later described these early years in a newspaper sketch titled "Transcendental Wild Oats", reprinted in Silver Pitchers (1876), which relates the family's experiment in "plain living and high thinking" at Fruitlands.”source: Wikipedia: Louisa May Alcott
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1840year
Scituate, Massachusettsmentioned“In 1840, after several setbacks with Temple School and a brief stay in Scituate, the Alcotts moved to Hosmer Cottage in Concord.”source: Wikipedia: Louisa May Alcott
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Concord, Massachusettsmentioned“In 1840, after several setbacks with Temple School and a brief stay in Scituate, the Alcotts moved to Hosmer Cottage in Concord.”source: Wikipedia: Louisa May Alcott
October 1842month
Englandmentioned“In October 1842 Bronson returned from a visit to schools in England and brought Charles Lane and Henry Wright with him to live at Hosmer Cottage, while Bronson and Lane made plans to establish a "New Eden".”source: Wikipedia: Louisa May Alcott
1843year
Harvard, Massachusettsmentioned“In 1843 Bronson and Lane established Fruitlands, a utopian community, in Harvard, Massachusetts, where the family were to live.”source: Wikipedia: Louisa May Alcott
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Harvardmentioned“In 1843 Bronson and Lane established Fruitlands, a utopian community, in Harvard, Massachusetts, where the family were to live.”source: Wikipedia: Louisa May Alcott
April 1845month
Concord, Massachusettsmentioned“In April 1845 the family returned to Concord, where they bought a home they called Hillside with money Abigail inherited from her father.”source: Wikipedia: Louisa May Alcott
1848year
The Waysidementioned“In the summer of 1848 sixteen-year-old Alcott opened a school of twenty students in a barn near Hillside.”source: Wikipedia: Louisa May Alcott
September 1857month
Concord, Massachusettsmentioned“The family moved back to Concord in September 1857, where the Alcotts rented while Bronson repaired Orchard House.”source: Wikipedia: Louisa May Alcott
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