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Contains 3 Results:

Hawthorne, Sophia, 1809-1871.

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 41
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)], [October 1863]

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 41, Item: 41A
Call Number: MS C.1.11
Scope and Contents

Has been occupied with the watch of Elizabeth Weir, who is verging on insanity because of her sister's suicide [Mary Adelaide Weir]. Appreciates her efforts for Mary [Cranch] Peabody; her life is "palest possible" since her baby nephew died [Wellington Peabody How]. Dated "Thursday." 5 p.

Dates: [October 1863]
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.

Hathorne, Sophia, 1809-1871. A.L.S. to [Annie Adams Fields]; [(Concord)], 8 November [1863]

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 41, Item: 41B
Call Number: MS C.1.11
Scope and Contents

Thanks her for helping Una choose a hat; would like to engage her dressmaker. Finds that Mary [Cranch Peabody] must have something she can do at home. 8 p.

Dates: 8 November [1863]
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.