Browsing named entities in George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard). You can also browse the collection for Falmouth, Va. (Virginia, United States) or search for Falmouth, Va. (Virginia, United States) in all documents.

Your search returned 1 result in 1 document section:

George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), Chapter 10: (search)
gare. Boston, June 16, 1841. Mr. Dear Legare,—Your letter came last Saturday morning, and the same day there dined with me Allston, Prescott, Longfellow, and Hillard, the editor of Spenser. You ought to have been there, for we had a good time, wholly extempore, by accidental coming together, and it is the last gathering under my roof-tree, till the cool weather and longer evenings make such things worth while. Meanwhile we are to be found at Woods' Hole, the extreme southerly point of Falmouth, at the bend of Cape Cod, where, as the saying goes, there is nothing but Ticknors and fish. We shall, however, expect you if you come into these parts, . . . . and when you get there you will find a decent inn, containing, in general, nobody but ourselves and our servants, the thermometer never above 76°, no dust, no noise, no insects,—except flies,—no company; a plenty of Spanish books, fish, and sea-bathing . . . . Perhaps you can arrange to come with Mr. Jeremiah Mason, or some of our