Wikipedia's dedicated article on Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, stating it was published March 16, 1850 by Ticknor, Reed and Fields, and is set in Puritan Boston in the Massachusetts Bay Colony between 1642 and 1649, built around the colony's ministers and its practice of public church discipline and shaming. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Tier three, general reference encyclopedia entry, matching this database's established convention for Wikipedia citations. Used for the novel's publication facts and setting, cross checked against the History of Massachusetts Blog's independent article on Hawthorne's ancestor John Hathorne for the biographical tie to the tradition's own colonial church governance. Citation
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Boston, Cities This source names Boston directly: "Reed and Fields, and is set in Puritan Boston in the Massachusetts Bay Colony between 1642 and 1649, built around the colony's ministers and its practice of public church discipline and shaming."
Source The Scarlet Letter (Wikipedia)Wikipedia contributors
This source names Massachusetts directly: "and is set in Puritan Boston in the Massachusetts Bay Colony between 1642 and 1649, built around the colony's ministers and its practice of public church discipline and shaming."
Source The Scarlet Letter (Wikipedia)Wikipedia contributors
Claims Backed By This Source (75 claims)
This source backs 75 claims across the atlas. As facts: 67 well-attested. As cited relationships: 6 holds. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Literary Works, 66 claims: 61 well-attested, 4 holds, 1 general references.
- Sources, 8 claims: 6 well-attested, 2 holds.
- Articles, 1 claims: 1 general references.
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