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Box 1

 Container

Contains 3 Results:

Hawthorne, Sophia, 1809-1871. and Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864.

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 17
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 James Thomas Fields; [(Concord)], 20 February [1862]

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 17, Item: 17A
Call Number: MS C.1.11
Scope and Contents

Tells him of Mr. Hawthorne's invitation to visit in Washington and his suggestion that [William Davis] Ticknor accompany him. Asks Fields to inquire about a masquerade costume for Julian. Appended is a postscript in Nathaniel Hawthorne's hand.

Postscript. Is not at all determined to go to Washinton. May send him an article. Thinks he will come to Boston. Sined "N.H." 4 p.

Dates: 20 February [1862]
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. and Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864.

Hawthorne, Sophia, 1809-1871. A.N.S. to James Thomas Fields; [(Concord)], 24 February [1862]

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 17, Item: 17B
Call Number: MS C.1.11
Scope and Contents

Thanks him for being willing to speak about the costume; the masquerade is deferred until the 14th. 2 p.

Dates: 24 February [1862]
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. and Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864.