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Nationally renown poet Emily Dickinson's
Grandfather, Joel Norcross, was a prominent civic leader and very successful
entrepreneur of Monson, Ma. in the first half of the 19th century. His
Daughter, Emily Norcross (Dickinson), lived in Monson from her birth in 1804
until her Marriage in 1828. Mr. Norcross built this
house in 1835, and he moved his wife and his children here in 1837. Emily
Dickinson Visited with her grandfather at the mansion often
during the Summers of her youth. |
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