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Contains 3 Results:

Hawthorne, Sophia, 1809-1871.

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 14
Call Number: MS C.1.11
Dates: 1851-1904
Found in: Boston Public Library Archives & Special Collections / MS C.1.11, Sophia Peabody Hawthorne family letters to James and Annie Fields

Hawthorne, Sophia, 1809-1871. A.L.S. to Annie Adams Fields; [Concord.], 12 May [1861]

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 14, Item: 14A
Call Number: MS C.1.11
Scope and Contents

Thanks her for a delightful visit at the "Paradise of the Peri." Longs for a Homer to sing of the heroism of the Concord Volunteers. Quotes Rose's tribute to her enchantments. 4 p.

Dates: 12 May [1861]
Found in: Boston Public Library Archives & Special Collections / MS C.1.11, Sophia Peabody Hawthorne family letters to James and Annie Fields / Hawthorne, Sophia, 1809-1871.

Hawthorne, Sophia, 1809-1871. A.L. to Annie Adams Fields; [(Concord)], 4 August 1861

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 14, Item: 14B
Call Number: MS C.1.11
Scope and Contents

Hopes she is not in Boston; is slowly being consumed "beneath our lovely hill." Asks about the manner of Mrs. [Frances Elizabeth (Appleton)] Longfellow's death. Fragment, incomplete. 2 p.

Dates: 4 August 1861
Found in: Boston Public Library Archives & Special Collections / MS C.1.11, Sophia Peabody Hawthorne family letters to James and Annie Fields / Hawthorne, Sophia, 1809-1871.