Box 2
Contains 128 Results:
Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894. A.L.S. to Annie Fields; [Shoals, N.H.], 16 July [18]84
Lily Pierce has been reading Flowers and their Pedigrees to her. Is still very low down in the "deeps". (2 p.) (Pierce, Elizabeth). With transcription.
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.S. to [Annie Fields]; [Shoals, N.H.], 18 May [18]82
Sends a "little word" to meet her [in London]. Promises to write every week. (1 p.) With transcription.
Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894. A.L.S. to Annie Fields; [Shoals, N.H.], 20 April [18]90
Hardly dares to have her venture out "lest some rough experience might befall her." Is getting her strength back. Speaks of Horace Lamb's marriage. (3 p.) With transcription.
Thaxter, Celia, 1834-1895. A.L.S. to Annie Fields; [On the train to Boston], 9 June [1881]
Is going to hunt up the things ordered from Paines. Is anxious about Karl; Roland came for a week before his examinations. Signed "C.T." (2 p.) With transcription.
Thaxter, Celia, 1834-1895. A.L.S. to Annie Fields; ; [Shoals, N.H.], 25 June [1881]
Agrees to do what she can about the manuscript. Hoeps thay will go out of life together, hand in hand. Signed "C.T." (4 p.) With transcription.
Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894. A.L.S. to Annie Fields; [Shoals, N.H.], 28 April [18]88
Is going to leave the Clifford; will spend next winter in Portsmouth. Roland has been offered a position in New Haven; all Karl's little place has burned to the ground. (4 p.) With transcription.
Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894. A.L.S. to [Annie Fields]; [Shoals, N.H.], 22 July [18]84
Hopes to gather some marigolds for her. Life is a little lighter; lives in her work and the baby. (1 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; [Shoals, N.H.], 24 May [18]82
Tells her of the death of George Folsom. Rose Darrah has had a "message from William Hunt." Lizzie Greene entreats her to "escape from the contagion of this thing." (4 p.) With transcription. (Folsom, George McKean, 1837-1882)
Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894. A.L.S. to Annie Fields; [Shoals, N.H.], 27 & 28 June [1882]
Told Mr. Whittier of her experience. He said he "knew something beautiful would happen". Plans to sit again with Rose; [James Thomas] Fields comes now and then. (4 p.) With transcription.
Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894. A.L.S. to Annie Fields; [Shoals, N.H.], 8, 9 & 10 May [18]90
Is anxious about the Pinafore gone for three days. Fears she would be uncomfortable with all living in the big room, "the houseplace." Comments on Woodbury's Threnody. Exclaims over the return of The Pinafore. (6 p.) (Insert: May 8, Dreads Karl's "spring fit") With transcription.
Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894. A.L.S. to Annie Fields; [Portsmouth, N.H.], 30 November [18]90
Quotes a sad letter from Mr. Whittier; wishes he lived where someone could cheer him up. Has been exploring the coast nearly to Newbury. (4 p.) With transcription.
Thaxter, Celia, 1834-1895. A.L.S. to [Annie Fields]; [n.p., summer 1881]
Comments on Ella Hunt's fiancee. Finds comfort in [John Knowles] Paine's playing. Fragment, incomplete. (1 p.) With transcription.
Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894. A.L.S. to Annie Fields; [Portsmouth, N.H.], 30 November [18]88
Is continually busy with brush and pen paying for household necessities. The baby, Charles Eliot Thaxter, is thriving. (4 p.) With transcription.
Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894. A.L.S. to [Annie Fields]; [Farm, Me.], 28 September [18]84
Finds a myriad of things to do about the house and garden. Roland and Kitty Jennison play the piano and violin together. John has begun to sell his buttermilk in Boston. Ross Truner has illustrated a volume of Driftweed for her. (8 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.S. to Annie Fields; [Shoals, N.H.], 2 & 4 July [18]82
Speaks of the communication Rose [Darrah] has had with her mother. The parlor is full of "them". Rose has felt them at last. (4 p.) With transcription.
Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894. A.L. to Annie Fields; [Portsmouth, N.H.], 15 December [18]90
Is struggling out of a serious influenza. Thinks she might scud away for a visit; it is three years since she was in Boston. Karl is having a "poorly" time. (2 p.) With transcription.
Thaxter, Celia, 1834-1895. A.L.S. to [Annie Fields]; [Kittery Point, Me.], 14 September [18]81
Mina [Berntsen] is leaving; dreads the burden of housework. Knows Mrs. Fields' book will be a success. (4 p.) With transcription.
