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The House of Seven Gables 
From the Boston Sunday Herald 
The “House of Seven Gables,” so 
connected with the life of Haw- 
thorne, in Salem, was the scene of 
a romance practically unknown, the 
truth of which is vouched for by one 
of Salem’s antiquarians and_ veri- 
fied by friends of the great author. 
Capt. Samuel Ingersoll, the father 
of Miss Susan Ingersoll, a _ direct 
descendant of Richard and a rela- 
tion of Hawthorne, followed the 
sea. He had one daughter, Susan, 
best known as the “Duchess,” who 
was the last of the family to live in 
the “House of Seven Gables.” Miss 
Ingersoll was a belle, and although 
not remarkably beautiful, pos- 
sessed 4 wonderful charm of man- 
ner and expression of countenance 
that won the praise of many a nota- 
ble. 
The Ingersoll house was in those 
days noted for its hospitality. Here 
Capt. George Crowninshield and 
the officers who brought back from 
Halifax to their native land the 
bodies of the gallant men of the 
Chesapeake and Shannon, Capt. 
Lawrence and Lieut. Ludlow, were 
entertained in 1838. It does not re- 
quire a strong imagination to repro- 
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duce those splendid assemblies, 
when the house rang with laughter, 
jest and song. 
While at the height of her con- 
quests a young medical student was 
one day introduced to Miss Inger- 
soll. It was an event which con- 
trolled the remainder of her life. 
Miss Ingersoll fell deeply in love, 
and the youth, who seemed to be a 
most excellent and desirable _ per- 
son, appeared fully to reciprocate 
her affection, the result being they 
became affianced. 
Attending a party given at the 
house of the Hon. Nathaniel Sils- 
bee, now the residence of Mr. Frank 
R. Kimball, Miss Ingersoll chanced 
to overhear a conversation between 
her lover and a friend, in which he 
declared he was marrying her for 
money, not love. Shocked by the 
discovery, she broke the engage- 
ment and wrecked her life. , From 
being. a gay society girl, she was 
changed to a recluse, her parents 
and near relatives being all dead. 
Closing the grand house against the 
world, she shut herself up _ inside, 
and spent her time almost in soli- 
tude. Not long after her separa- 
tion from her lover, Mollie Clough, 
a family servant, gave birth to a 
son, who, at the age of three 
months, had so twined himself into 
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the heart of the recluse that she 
adopted him, and Horace Conley 
was called Horace Ingersoll. 
Ingersoll attended Harvard, and 
about the time of his graduation the 
old servant sickened and_ died. 
Then, for the first time, Miss Inger- 
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