Box 1
Contains 173 Results:
Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894. A.L.S. to Annie Fields; Shoals, N.H., 21 August 1877
Is going to move to Portsmouth for the winter. Appleton Brown has painted a picture of her little garden. (3 p.) With transcription.
Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894. A.L.S. to Annie Fields; [En route for Portsmouth, N.H., ca. April 1876.]
Asks Mrs. Fields to arrange with Mr. Thaxter for her mother's removal. Cannot let her stay at the Shoals and die. (3 p.) i.e. pp. [1], 3, 4 (p. 2 wanting). With transcription.
Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894. A.L.S. to Annie Fields; [Isle of Shoals, N.H.], March 1873
Ought to go back to look after her "Newtonvillians". Has decided not to include the tragedy on Smutty Nose in [Among the Isles of Shoals]. 1 s. (4 p.) With transcripton.
Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894. A.L.S. to Annie Fields; [Shoals, N.H.], 6 April 1873
Sends "The Pimpernel". Wonders where to hawk her wares next. Thanks her for the heliotypes; [Portsmouth, Sunday evening.] (3 p.) v. Atlantic Monthly, August 1873, p.180-181.
Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894. A.L.S. to Annie Fields; [Shoals, N.H., September 1879]
Will be glad to go to Manschester after the 15th. Wants Lang's address to send the paino back; William Hunt still lingers. Signed "C." (3 p.) With transcription.
Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894. A.L.S. to Annie Fields; [Shoals, N.H.], 14 July 1874
Writes "in a whirl as usual" what with Mrs. Guild falling out of the hammock, etc. Mr. Eichberg plays Beethoven on the piano nearly every night. (4 p.) With transcription.
Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894. A.L.S. to Annie Fields; [Shoals, N.H.], 22 July [1874]
Mentions an expedition to White Island. Quotes a letter from Whittier. Life is such a "swirl". (4 p.) Says in a postscript that Helen Hunt has been trying to come. With transcription.
Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894. A.L.S. to Annie Fields; [Shoals, N.H.], 4 June 1876
Urges her to print Yarrow; has been weeding for two days. Has heard nothing but the "vast roar of tremendous breakers". (2 p.) With transcription.
Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894. A.L.S. to Annie Fields; [Portsmouth, N.H.], 10 October 1877
Thinks the Persephone melodious and beautiful. Has painted two juss; asks her to exhibit them. (4 p.) With transcripton.
Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894. A.N.S. to [Annie Fields]; [Portsmouth? N.H.], 7 April [1873]
About the cover of her book [Among the Isles of Shoals] sent to her by the publisher, Osgood. 1 s. (2 p.) With transcription.
Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894. A.L.S. to Annie Fields; [En route to Shoals,, September 1897]
Tells of finding the body of William Hunt face down in a pool.. Fragment, incomplete. (4 p.) With transcription.
Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894. A.L.S. to Annie Fields; [Shoals, N.H.], 1 & 6 August 1874
The summer goes its "delicious way"; five hundred people are "sojourning" in the solitude. Mr. Thaxter, Roland, and Hunt may come the next week. Hears terrible things about the latter. Her sonnet is suggestive of Gray. (4 p.) With transcription.
Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894. A.L.S. to Annie Fields; [Shoals, N.H.], 29 June [18]76
Begs her to come and visit. Is enthusiastic about R.W. Gilder's poem The New Day. (2 p.) With transcription.
Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894. A.L.S. to [Annie Fields]; [Shoals], 21 August 1877
Her mother is sinking; is heart-broken beyond bearing. (2 p.) With transcription. Damaged. Printed in the Letters of Celia Thaxter, p. 88.
Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894. A.L.S. to Annie Fields; [Shoals, N.H.], 11 April 1873
Has received no check from Mr. Howells for "Childlife". Wonders if she should send the [biographical] details [requested by Laird Simons]. Refers to "Child-life at the Isles of Shoals" in Atlantic Monthly, May 1873, p. 532-539. Simons, Michael Laird, Cyclopaedia of American Literature, ed. 2 s. (5 p.) With transcription.
Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894. A.N.(?)S. to Annie Fields; [Newtonville, Mass.], 18 September [18]79
Sends her two volumes of songs. Left a photograph of Shakespeare's death-mask. Adds a postscript that Annie Fields' article is to be published annoymously. Signed "C." With transcripton.
Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894. A.L.S. to Annie Fields; [Shoals, N.H.], 26 August 1874
Praises the "yarrow poem". Mentions the visits of Mr. Weiss, the Eichbergs, the Greenes and Mary Parkman. Hopes her mother will be well enough to leave this winter. The Albees are apparently flourishing. (4 p.) With transcription.
Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894. A.L.S. to Annie Fields; [Shoals, N.H.], 12 October 1874
Stayed over at the DeNormandies; little Philip is very ill. Speaks of her mother's recovery, the uncertainty of "this mundane sphere", the profound loneliness. (4 p.) With transcription.
Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894. A.L.S. to Annie Fields; [Shoals, N.H.], 7 January 1877
Has lived through a week of fury; Mrs. Fields should be thankful not to be the butt of the elements. Speaks with affection of the library at 148 Charles St. (4 p.) With transcription.
Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894. A.L.S. to Annie Fields; [Portsmouth, N.H.], 19 November [1877]
Describes the death of her mother. Wanted only bright flowers for her. Never left her for a moment. Written in pencil. (3 p.) With transcription. Printed in Letters of Celia Thaxter, p. 88-89, in connection with letter of 25 November 1877.
