Box 3
Contains 102 Results:
Hawthorne, Sophia, 1809-1871.
Hawthorne, Sophia, 1809-1871. A.L.S. to James Thomas Fields; [(Concord)], 12 June [1868]
Needs the text to start the index; asks her percentage on the books. Offers him some of her Norway spruces. Refers to Passages from the American Note-Books, Boston, 1868. 4 p.
Hawthorne, Sophia, 1809-1871. A.L.S. to James Thomas Fields; [Concord.], 2 June 1868
Will write Mr. [George Stillman] Hillard about the question of the money. Is incapable of making an index. Intends it for Passages from the American Note-Books, Boston, 1868. 4 p.
Hawthorne, Sophia, 1809-1871. A.L.S. to James Thomas Fields; [(Concord)], 1 July 1868
Feels it necessary to correct all the proofs herself. Refers to Passages from the American Note-Books, Boston, 1868. 2 p.
Hawthorne, Sophia, 1809-1871.
Hawthorne, Sophia, 1809-1871. A.L.S. to James Thomas Fields; [(Concord)], 5 July 1868
Asks how to supply a gap in the English journal [caused by printing the selection in the Atlantic Almanac]. Speaks of Hawthorne's great love of England. Refers to Passages from the English Note-Books, Boston, 1870. 3 p.
Hawthorne, Sophia, 1809-1871.
Hawthorne, Sophia, 1809-1871. A.N.S. to James Thomas Fields; [(Concord)], 15 July 1868
Is delighted with the news about the English publishers; will not send for the $500 until she needs it. Signed "S.H." Refers to the English edition of Passages from the American Note-Books, London, Smith & Elder, 1868. 2 p.
Hawthorne, Sophia, 1809-1871. A.L.S. to James Thomas Fields; [(Concord)], 16 July 1868
Is fighting to retain the peculiarities of Hawthorne's style. Asks Mr. Fields to send money [for the English edition]. Refers to Passages from the American Note-Books, London, 1868. 2 p.
Hawthorne, Sophia, 1809-1871. A.N.S. to James Thomas Fields; [(Concord)], 14 July 1868
Finds a gap in the proof; asks how to return the sheets. Rejoices at the news of the international copyright. Signed "S.H." Refers to Passages from the American Note-Books, Boston, 1868. 3 p.
Hawthorne, Sophia, 1809-1871.
Hawthorne, Sophia, 1809-1871. A.L.S. to Annie Adams Fields; [The Wayside (Concord)], 3 August 1868
Comments on Angel Voices and [Oliver Wendell] Holmes's poem to [Henry Wadsworth] Longfellow. Una and Rose are doing splendidly with the house-work. Refers to "In gentle bosoms tried and true" recited on Longfellow's sixtieth birthday. 4 p.
Hawthorne, Sophia, 1809-1871. A.L.S. to James Thomas Fields; [(Concord)], 28 July 1868
Was amazed to see a letter in a newspaper purporting to be from Hawthorne to [Francis] Bennoch on the subject of the Civil War. Is trying to find what Smith & Elder gave for Our Old Home. For Hawthorne's letter cf. Hawthorne, Julian, Hawthorne and his Wife, v.2, p.291. 4 p.
Hawthorne, Sophia, 1809-1871.
Hawthorne, Sophia, 1809-1871. A.L. to James Thomas Fields; [(Concord)], [1868?]
Describes her emotion at seeing the bindings with the hawthorn vine, etc. Thinks [Nathaniel Hawthorne] would have liked them. May refer to Passages from the American Note-Books, Boston, 1868. Fragment, incomplete. 2 p.
Hawthorne, Sophia, 1809-1871. A.N.S. to James Thomas Fields; [91 Boylston St. (Boston?)], 14 March [18]71
Note of thanks. Pen and ink sketch by Sophia Hawthorne. Signed "S.H." Appears to be wrongly dated; may be intended for 1861. 1 p.
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Hawthorne, Sophia, 1809-1871. A.L.S. to James Thomas Fields; [(Concord)], 3 November 1867
Objects to printing the private letters in the Atlantic. Suggests asking his clerk about the missing copy. Grieves over her debts. Signed "S.H." 3 p.
Hawthorne, Sophia, 1809-1871. A.L.S. to James Thomas Fileds; [(Concord)], 22 January 1868
Has placed the pages in order; would put the letters of 1861 into the appendix of the English journal. Asks about the Christmas Bouquet reputed to be by Hawthorne. Signed "S.H." 2 p.
