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 File — Box: 2, Folder: 3
Call Number: MS C.1.38

Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894. A.L.S. to Annie Fields; [Boston], 26 September [1882]

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 3, Item: 191
Call Number: MS C.1.38
Scope and Contents

Describes her experiences with Mrs. Philbrick, the medium. Both touched and saw her mother, J.T. Fields, etc.  (6 p.) With transcription.

Dates: 26 September [1882]

Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894. A.L.S. to Annie Fields; [Winthrop House], 10 November [18]82

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 3, Item: 192
Call Number: MS C.1.38
Scope and Contents

Dares not leave Roland. Would like to come to her Tuesdays instead of Mondays. Intends to take up her "abode at the hospital".  (2 p.)  With transcription.

Dates: 10 November [18]82

Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894. A.L.S. to [Annie Fields]; [Winthrop House], 11 November [1882]

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 3, Item: 193
Call Number: MS C.1.38
Scope and Contents

Spent most of the day with Roland at the hospital. Hopes to have him with her; the moans and groans depress him.  (3 p.)  With transcription.

Dates: 11 November [1882]

Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894. A.N. to [Annie Fields and Sarah Jewett]; [Boston, 26 December 1882]

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 3, Item: 194
Call Number: MS C.1.38
Scope and Contents

Thanks them for the flowers; heard Iolanthe yesterday.  (1 p.)    With transcription.  Signed with a sketch of a sandpiper. Addressed to "Flower and Owl."

Dates: 26 December 1882]

Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894. A.L.S. to [Annie Fields]; [Kittery Point, Me.], 8 April [18]83

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 3, Item: 195
Call Number: MS C.1.38
Scope and Contents

Mrs. Ashley was dead at the time [of the séance]. Rudolph "stood by them" while Phillips Brooks was preaching.  (2 p.)  With transcription.

Dates: 8 April [18]83

Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894. A.N. to Annie Fields and Sarah Jewett; [Milton Hill], 10 April [18]83

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 3, Item: 196
Call Number: MS C.1.38
Scope and Contents

Is really in the lap of luxury. Wants her letters forwarded.  (1 p.)    With transcription.  Signed with the sketch of a sandpiper.

Dates: 10 April [18]83

Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894. A.L. to [Annie Fields and Sarah Jewett]; [Kittery Point, Me.], 26 April [18]83

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 3, Item: 197
Call Number: MS C.1.38
Scope and Contents

Speaks of their arrival; her pleasure in the country and the house.  (2 p.)  Fragment, incomplete.

Dates: 26 April [18]83

Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894. A.L.S. to Annie Fields; [Kittery Point, Me.], 1 May [18]83

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 3, Item: 198
Call Number: MS C.1.38
Scope and Contents

Writes of the "general business" going on at the farm. Is working hard to finish Mrs. Hearst's book.  (3 p.)  With transcription.

Dates: 1 May [18]83

Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894. A.L. to [Annie Fields]; [Shoals, N.H.], 8 & 10 May [18]83

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 3, Item: 199
Call Number: MS C.1.38
Scope and Contents

Came to the Island yesterday. Has planted a garden and made the house "as fresh as a flower." Feels she ought to be at the farm, can manage Karl better there.  (5 p.)  With transcription.

Dates: 8 & 10 May [18]83

Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894. A.L.S. to Annie Fields; [Kittery Point, Me.], 19 May [18]83

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 3, Item: 200
Call Number: MS C.1.38
Scope and Contents

Was disappointed to Miss. Pinny and Mary. Spoke to her cousin Arthur of her "experiences"; he has recently lost a son.  (1 p.)

Dates: 19 May [18]83

Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894. A.L. to Annie Fields; [Kittery Point, Me.], 9 June [1883]

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 3, Item: 201
Call Number: MS C.1.38
Scope and Contents

Rushed over to spend a day with the family. Thanks her for the numbers of the Wizard's Son [by Mrs. Margaret Oliphant].  (2 p.)  With transcription.

Dates: 9 June [1883]

Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894. A.L.S. to [Annie Fields]; [Shoals, N.H.], 17 & 18 June [18]83

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 3, Item: 202
Call Number: MS C.1.38
Scope and Contents

Repeats Edmund Clarence Stedman's praise of her book. [cf. to Theocritus] Her garden is triumphant. Tells her "Julia has a little girl".  (3 p.) (Under the Olive?)  With transcription.

Dates: 17 & 18 June [18]83

Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894. A.L.S. to Annie Fields; [Shoals, N.H.], 28 June [18]83

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 3, Item: 203
Call Number: MS C.1.38
Scope and Contents

Fears she sent the wrong coreopsis. Has been reading Jane Carlyle; gets tired of the realism. Had to investigate the big bakery; is astonished at the miracles achieved.  (4 p.) With transcription.

Dates: 28 June [18]83

Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894. A.L. to Sarah Jewett; [Appledore, N.H.], 30 June [18]83

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 3, Item: 204
Call Number: MS C.1.38
Scope and Contents

Thanks her for a birthday letter. The Paines are to come tomorrow; looks forward to the music.  (4 p.)  Signed with a sketch of a sandpiper.  With transcription.

Dates: 30 June [18]83

Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894. A.L.S. to [Annie Fields]; [Shoals, N.H.], 9 August [1883]

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 3, Item: 205
Call Number: MS C.1.38
Scope and Contents

Thanks her for a poem and the new edition of Emerson's Letters [and Social Aims]. Must "engineer" Gertrude Stoddard over to the farm.  (2 p.)  With transcription.

Dates: 9 August [1883]

Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894. A.L.S. to [Annie Fields]; ["Farm", Me.], 9 September [1883]

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 3, Item: 206
Call Number: MS C.1.38
Scope and Contents

Promises her a photograph of the parlor at the Shoals. Her domestic cares are eased; worries only about John and the long winter.  (2 p.)  With transcription.

Dates: 9 September [1883]

Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894. A.L.S. to Annie Fields; [Kittery Point, ME]e., 16 September [18]83

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 3, Item: 207
Call Number: MS C.1.38
Scope and Contents

Has almost "cracked her head" over Esoteric Buddhism. Mentions signs of fall and speaks of plans for the winter.  (3 p.)  With transcription.

Dates: 16 September [18]83

Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894. A.L.S. to [Annie Fields]; [Champernown's Island, Kittery Point, Me.], 23 September [18]83

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 3, Item: 208
Call Number: MS C.1.38
Scope and Contents

Quotes from a letter from Mrs. Eichberg. The boys have enjoyed Mrs. Fields' book. Has finally got the idea of "Esoteric Buddhism". (2 p.) With transcription.

Dates: 23 September [18]83

Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894. A.L.S. to Annie Fields; [Champernown's Island, Kittery Point, Me.], 14 October [18]83

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 3, Item: 209
Call Number: MS C.1.38
Scope and Contents

Wants a respectable woman to do general housework. The marshes are as "beautiful as a dream". Mr. Darrah's experiences at 30 Worcester Sq. were very unsatisfactory. (3 p.) With transcription.

Dates: 14 October [18]83