Box 2
Contains 128 Results:
Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894. A.L.S. to Annie Fields; [Portsmouth, N.H.], 22 March [18]91
Is getting ready to be off [to the Isles of Shoals]; rejoices in the signs of spring. Mentions the curious death of Mary Folsom, Lawrence Barrett will be missed. (2 p.) (Esther Albee in the insane asylum) With transcription.
Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894. A.L.S. to Annie Fields; [Shoals, N.H.], 18 September [18]91
Describes her attempts to kill the slugs in her garden. Wonders whether to print the sonnet to W.J. Winch. Speaks of the severe draught. Karl is not as nervous as he usually is in the autumn. (4 p.) With transcription.
Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894. A.L.S. to [Annie Fields]; [Portsmouth, N.H., 3 March 1889]
Writes of her "colonies of seeds" and her methods of transporting them. (2 p.) With transcription.
Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894. A.L.S. to [Annie Fields]; [Portsmouth, N.H.], 11 March [18]89
Begs Mrs. Fields to come to the Shoals for the summer. Wishes she would at least come and spend a day with her. Karl is almost finished with his machine. (4 p.) With transcription.
Thaxter, Celia, 1834-1895. A.L.S. to [Annie Fields]; [n.p., 28 October 1881]
Letter of apology and condolence. Dated "Friday." (4 p.) With transcription.
Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894. A.L.S. to Annie Fields; [Kittery Point, ME], 24 March [18]85
Mrs. Dickinson has told her of Mary Lodge's suspicions. Thinks she will do infinite harm. Adds in a postscript that she has never spoken of Mrs. Fields' experiences. (2 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; [On the steamer], 16 & [17] August [1882]
Everything dies from the burning drought. Mr. Ware is tormented with rose cold. Emily DeNormandie is heart-broken at Aunt Lunt's death. Hears Roland is getting on nicely with his knee. (4 p.) With transcription.
Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894. A.L.S. to Annie Fields; [Shoals, N.H.], 26 September [18]91
Lies awake and scribbles for the sake of company. Makes a change in the sonnet to Winch; will print it and perhaps the paper on Hunt. May get down for a visit this winter; Roland is to be in Cambridge, his family in Portsmouth until December 1. (4 p.) With transcription.
Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894. A.L.S. to Annie Fields; [Shoals, N.H.], 9 October [18]91
Is ready to go to Portsmouth, but the weather is too wild to cross. Hopes she has not discouraged Mrs. Fields from sending her verses on Winch to the Atlantic; has sent away 9 poems herself this last mail. (4 p.) With transcription.
Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894. A.L.S. to Annie [Fields]; Portsmouth, N.H., 25 March 1889
Thaxter, Celia, 1834-1895. A.L.S. to Annie Fields; [Kittery Point, Me.], 30 October [18]81
Cannot bear to hear of her being so alone. Aches to think her own words were without comfort. Feels some great light must come to her soon. Signed "C." (3 p.) With transcription.
Thaxter, Celia, 1834-1895. A.L.S. to Annie Fields; [Kittery Me.], 12 November [18]81
Is almost completely cut off; the loneliness is worse than the Shoals. Feels, however, that she is needed to keeep things straight. Signed "C.T." (2 p.) With transcription.
Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894. A.L.S. to Annie Fields; [Kittery Point, Me.], 3 April [18]85
Resents Mary Lodge's accusation of Marion Dickinson. Thinks her "as true as truth." Speaks of Roland's aspect of illness. (4 p.) 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; [Shoals, N.H.], 7 September [18]82
Wonders when Mrs. Fields will return; plans to go to the Farm herself tomorrow. Speaks of the pleasant visit of the S.G. Wards. (2 p.) With transcription.
Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894. A.L.S. to [Annie Fields]; [Portsmouth, N.H., ca. October 1891]
Proposes publishing the Hunt article to meet her winter expenses. Speaks of the proposed sale of the islands to the syndicate. Considers the problem of Karl. (4 p.) With transcription.
Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894. A.L. to Annie Fields and Sarah Jewett; [Shoals, N.H.], 29 June [18]92
Thinks there is no place as enchanting as Venice; quotes two lines by Robert Browning. Has no time to do anything she wishes. (1 p.) Incomplete. "Open my heart and you will see / Graved inside of it -- Italy." With transcription.
Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894. A.L.S. to [Annie Fields]; [n.p.], 1 April [18]89
Has been to see Ovidia [Berntsen] at Somerville; she is much better. Roland has agreed to talk to Mr. Savage about "the possibility of life after death". (1 p.) With transcription.
Thaxter, Celia, 1834-1895. A.L.S. to Annie Fields; [Kittery Point, Me.], 15 November [18]81
Has a great number of housekeeping irons in the fire. Writes of her curtains, armchairs, etc. Hopes to leave by the 30th. (4 p.) With transcription.
