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Contains 128 Results:

Thaxter, Celia, 1834-1895. A.L.S. to [Annie Fields];  [n.p., 28 November 1881]

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 1, Item: 173
Call Number: MS C.1.38
Scope and Contents

Tells her John Storer, Roland's friend, was hurt in a shooting accident.  Incomplete, first page lacking.  (3 p.) With transcription.  (Storer, John Humphreys, Harvard, 1882-)

Dates: 28 November 1881]
Found in: Boston Public Library Archives & Special Collections / MS C.1.38, Celia Thaxter correspondence with Annie Fields / Folder 1

Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894. A.L.S. to Annie Fields; [Shoals, N.H.], 19 June [18]85

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 4, Item: 227
Call Number: MS C.1.38
Scope and Contents

Has had no more sittings; is afraid of the deadly unconsciousness which seizes Mrs. Dickinson. Is having a lovely time with her garden; suggests Mrs. Fields plant pansies.  (3 p.)  With transcription.

Dates: 19 June [18]85
Found in: Boston Public Library Archives & Special Collections / MS C.1.38, Celia Thaxter correspondence with Annie Fields / Folder 4

Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894. A.L. to [Sarah Jewett]; [Shoals, N.H.], 2 June [18]89

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 5, Item: 248
Call Number: MS C.1.38
Scope and Contents

Has an Oriental poppy; has all she can do to preserve her "precious green growing things" from showers, rats, etc. Describes her attempts to make a garden for Lily Bowditch. Is discouraged about the photos; Karl lives in a chaos of broken glass.  (6 p.)    Signed with a sketch of a sandpiper.  With transcription.

Dates: 2 June [18]89
Found in: Boston Public Library Archives & Special Collections / MS C.1.38, Celia Thaxter correspondence with Annie Fields / Folder 5

Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894. A.L.S. to Annie Fields; [Shoals, N.H.], 2 July [18]85

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 4, Item: 228
Call Number: MS C.1.38
Scope and Contents

Is trying to make over her "unfortunate poems for children". Tells of the drowning of Ingbert Ingbertsen and Oscar's remarks about a future life. Mrs. Dickinson's husband has returned to her.  With transcription.   (5 p.)

Dates: 2 July [18]85
Found in: Boston Public Library Archives & Special Collections / MS C.1.38, Celia Thaxter correspondence with Annie Fields / Folder 4

Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894. A.L.S. to Annie Fields; [Shoals, N.H.], 4 June [18]89

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 5, Item: 249
Call Number: MS C.1.38
Scope and Contents

Is looking forward to seeing Rose Lamb and Mrs. Hemenway. Is going to consult Lily Bowditch's physician. Thinks the Italian things might sell. Sends a clematis bloom; has a poppy with 75 buds.  (3 p.)  With transcription.

Dates: 4 June [18]89
Found in: Boston Public Library Archives & Special Collections / MS C.1.38, Celia Thaxter correspondence with Annie Fields / Folder 5

Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894. A.L.S. to Annie Fields; [Shoals, N.H.], 8 August [18]85

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 4, Item: 229
Call Number: MS C.1.38
Scope and Contents

Thinks the summer was never so lovely; speaks of the playing of Grace Gorham and Charlotte Dana's appreciation.  With transcription.   (2 p.)

Dates: 8 August [18]85
Found in: Boston Public Library Archives & Special Collections / MS C.1.38, Celia Thaxter correspondence with Annie Fields / Folder 4

Folder 1

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 1
Call Number: MS C.1.38
Dates: 1869-1893
Found in: Boston Public Library Archives & Special Collections / MS C.1.38, Celia Thaxter correspondence with Annie Fields

Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894. T.L.S. to [James Thomas Fields]. [Newtonville, Mass.], 12 November [1879?]

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 1, Item: 148
Call Number: MS C.1.38
Scope and Contents

Wants to keep the title [Driftweed]; feels the verses are weeds "that sprang out of the rock." (1 p.) With transcription.

Dates: 12 November [1879?]
Found in: Boston Public Library Archives & Special Collections / MS C.1.38, Celia Thaxter correspondence with Annie Fields / Folder 1