Box 2
Contains 20 Results:
Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894. A.L.S. to Annie Fields; [Boston], 26 September [1882]
Describes her experiences with Mrs. Philbrick, the medium. Both touched and saw her mother, J.T. Fields, etc. (6 p.) With transcription.
Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894. A.L.S. to Annie Fields; [Winthrop House], 10 November [18]82
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.
Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894. A.L.S. to [Annie Fields]; [Winthrop House], 11 November [1882]
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.
Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894. A.N. to [Annie Fields and Sarah Jewett]; [Boston, 26 December 1882]
Thanks them for the flowers; heard Iolanthe yesterday. (1 p.) With transcription. Signed with a sketch of a sandpiper. Addressed to "Flower and Owl."
Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894. A.L.S. to [Annie Fields]; [Kittery Point, Me.], 8 April [18]83
Mrs. Ashley was dead at the time [of the séance]. Rudolph "stood by them" while Phillips Brooks was preaching. (2 p.) With transcription.
Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894. A.N. to Annie Fields and Sarah Jewett; [Milton Hill], 10 April [18]83
Is really in the lap of luxury. Wants her letters forwarded. (1 p.) With transcription. Signed with the sketch of a sandpiper.
Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894. A.L. to [Annie Fields and Sarah Jewett]; [Kittery Point, Me.], 26 April [18]83
Speaks of their arrival; her pleasure in the country and the house. (2 p.) Fragment, incomplete.
Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894. A.L.S. to Annie Fields; [Kittery Point, Me.], 1 May [18]83
Writes of the "general business" going on at the farm. Is working hard to finish Mrs. Hearst's book. (3 p.) With transcription.
Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894. A.L. to [Annie Fields]; [Shoals, N.H.], 8 & 10 May [18]83
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.
Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894. A.L.S. to Annie Fields; [Kittery Point, Me.], 19 May [18]83
Was disappointed to Miss. Pinny and Mary. Spoke to her cousin Arthur of her "experiences"; he has recently lost a son. (1 p.)
Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894. A.L. to Annie Fields; [Kittery Point, Me.], 9 June [1883]
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.
Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894. A.L.S. to [Annie Fields]; [Shoals, N.H.], 17 & 18 June [18]83
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.
Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894. A.L.S. to Annie Fields; [Shoals, N.H.], 28 June [18]83
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.
Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894. A.L. to Sarah Jewett; [Appledore, N.H.], 30 June [18]83
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.
Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894. A.L.S. to [Annie Fields]; [Shoals, N.H.], 9 August [1883]
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.
Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894. A.L.S. to [Annie Fields]; ["Farm", Me.], 9 September [1883]
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.
Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894. A.L.S. to Annie Fields; [Kittery Point, ME]e., 16 September [18]83
Has almost "cracked her head" over Esoteric Buddhism. Mentions signs of fall and speaks of plans for the winter. (3 p.) With transcription.
Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894. A.L.S. to [Annie Fields]; [Champernown's Island, Kittery Point, Me.], 23 September [18]83
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.
Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894. A.L.S. to Annie Fields; [Champernown's Island, Kittery Point, Me.], 14 October [18]83
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.