About Us .....With that as a philosophy, twenty-two women met in Amesbury on January 26th, 1898 for the purpose of organizing a society to make The Whittier Home on Friend Street a memorial to our honored poet, John Greenleaf Whittier. ...more...
About JGW John Greenleaf Whittier, 1807-1892, was an extraordinary man who lived in a very dangerous and tumultuous time in American history, putting his life on the front lines in the battle for equality and freedom for all people. ...more...
