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Contains 124 Results:

Hawthorne, Sophia. 1809-1871. A.Ms. to [Annie Adams Fields]; [(Concord)], 29 April 1865

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 77, Item: 77A
Call Number: MS C.1.11
Scope and Contents

Outside cover of the "poetic portrait" of Mr. Fields. 1 p.

Dates: 29 April 1865

Hawthorne, Sophia, 1809-1871. A.L.S. to Annie Adams Fields; [(Concord)], 20 May 1865

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 77, Item: 77B
Call Number: MS C.1.11
Scope and Contents

Was overwhelmed at the terrible death of Charlotte Hemenway. Speaks of their observation of May 19; thinks of Mrs. [Mary Ann (Holmes)] Booth with sympathy. 4 p.

Dates: 20 May 1865

Hawthorne, Sophia, 1809-1871. A.L.S. to [Annie Adams Fields]; [(Concord)], 26 May 1865

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 78, Item: 78A
Call Number: MS C.1.11
Scope and Contents

Wishes she could come while the hawthorn is in bloom. Got through the anniversaries better than she expected. 4 p.

Dates: 26 May 1865

Hawthorne, Sophia, 1809-1871. A.L.S. to Annie Adams Fields; [(Concord)], 9 June 1865

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 79, Item: 79A
Call Number: MS C.1.11
Scope and Contents

Fears she is a fixture at the Wayside; Una may visit  Mrs. Hemenway. Finds Sophia (Ripley) [Thayer] took "The Chair" to Milton at her marriage. 4 p.

Dates: 9 June 1865

Hawthorne, Sophia. 1809-1871. A.L.S. to James Thomas Fields; [(Concord)], 2 October 1865

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 80, Item: 80A
Call Number: MS C.1.11
Scope and Contents

Fears everything she sent yesterday was printed in the introduction to the Mosses of the Old Manse. 2 p.

Dates: 2 October 1865

Hawthorne, Sophia, 1809-1871. A.L.S. to James Thomas Fields; [The Wayside, Concord], 4 October 1865

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 80, Item: 80B
Call Number: MS C.1.11
Scope and Contents

Feels that it makes no difference whether the material has been printed or not. Has more material on the first two years of their married life and a whole volume of the English Romance. Signed "S.H." Probably refers to Dr. Grimshaw's Secret, Boston, 1883. 4 p.

Dates: 4 October 1865

Hawthorne, Sophia, 1809-1871. A.L.S. to [James Thomas Fields]; [(Concord)], 8 October 1865

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 81, Item: 81A
Call Number: MS C.1.11
Scope and Contents

Thanks him for his kindness [in arranging a sale for one of Julian’s' illuminations]. Has found a journal written partly at Brook Farm; asks where to place it. Refers to "Passages from Hawthorne's Note-Books, No.V" (In the Atlantic Monthly, May 1866). 4 p.

Dates: 8 October 1865

Hawthorne, Sophia, 1809-1871. A.L.S. to James Thomas Fields; [(Concord)], 12 October 1865

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 82, Item: 82A
Call Number: MS C.1.11
Scope and Contents

Sends material from the note-books of 1835 and 1836. Suggests eliminating all short sentences. Refers to "Passages from Hawthorne's Note-Books, No.1 (In the Atlantic Monthly, Jan. 1866). 3 p.

Dates: 12 October 1865

Hawthorne, Sophia, 1809-1871. A.L.S. to James Thomas Fields; [(Concord)], 14 October 1865

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 83, Item: 83A
Call Number: MS C.1.11
Scope and Contents

Is glad he shares her feeling about retaining the short sentences. Sends part of the Main record. Feels Hawthorne "reveals himself exquisitely in these papers; as no other person could portray him." Refers to "Passages from Hawthorne’s Note-Books, No.2" (In the Atlantic Monthly, Feb. 1866). 4 p.

Dates: 14 October 1865

Hawthorne, Sophia, 1809-1871. A.L.S. to James Thomas Fields; [(Concord)], 20 October 1865

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 83, Item: 83B
Call Number: MS C.1.11
Scope and Contents

Has been ill but sends another twenty pages. Is driven to a sort of necessity to keep copying; thinks walks were never transformed into language before. Refers to: "Passages from Hawthorne's Note-Book, No.4" (In the Atlantic Monthly, April 1866). 4 p.

Dates: 20 October 1865

Hawthorne, Sophia, 1809-1871. A.L.S. to James Thomas Fields; [(Concord)], 6 November 1865

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 84, Item: 84A
Call Number: MS C.1.11
Scope and Contents

Has come to the beginning of a journey to western Massachusetts; sends all up to that point. Thinks Elizabeth [Manning] Hawthorne might write of her brother's childhood and youth. Refers to material published for the first time in Passages from the American Note-Books, Boston, 1868. 4 p.

Dates: 6 November 1865

Hawthorne, Sophia, 1809-1871. A.L.S. to James Thomas Fields; [(Concord)], [20 November c.1865]

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 85, Item: 85A
Call Number: MS C.1.11
Scope and Contents

Sends another paper; thinks it a lovely picture of the Notch. Wonders if [Samuel Worcester] Rowse is using the English photograph [for his crayon portrait of Hawthorne]. Signed "S.H." Refers to material published for the first time in Passages from American Note-Books, Boston 1868. 2 p.

Dates: [20 November c.1865]