Box 2
Contains 124 Results:
Hawthorne, Sophia, 1809-1871. A.L.S. to [James Thomas Fields]; [(Concord)], 8 October [1865]
Has found the musings in Sleepy Hollow. Thinks the journal written at Brook Farm very rich; has copied out 12 pages. Dated "Evening." Refers to "Passages from Hawthorne’s Note-Books, No.XI" (In the Atlantic Monthly, Nov. 1866) No.V (In the Atlantic Monthly, May 1866). 2 p.
Hawthorne, Sophia, 1809-1871. A.L.S. to James Thomas Fields; [(Concord)], 13 October [1865]
Wishes to substitute a fuller passage about the girl and the flowers from her lover's grave; has to the Maine journal of 1837. Signed "S.H." Refers to "Passages from Hawthorne's Note-Books, No.1" (In the Atlantic Monthly, Jan. 1866). 2 p.
Hawthorne, Sophia, 1809-1871. A.L.S. to James Thomas Fields; [(Concord)], 20 November 1865
Is distressed at the illness of [Franklin] Pierce. [Horatio] Bridge thinks his own name and that of Jonathan Cilley may be printed in full. Asks about selling one of Julian's illuminations. Refers to "Passages from Hawthorne’s Note-Books, No.3" (In the Atlantic Monthly, March 1866) 4 p.
Hawthorne, Sophia, 1809-1871. A.L.S. to James Thomas Fields; [(Concord)], 8 February 1866
Asked for the dates in order not to make confusion in the manuscript. Would be glad to come in town and look it over herself. Cannot estimate the number of pages because of the variety of page and script. 4 p.
Hawthorne, Sophia, 1809-1871.
Hawthorne, Sophia, 1809-1871. A.L.S. to James Thomas Fields; [(Concord)], 19 March 1866
Is glad to hear a cheerful word against the "captious meddlesome Commonwealth." Has been reading the English Romance and has been held by an inescapable spell. Probably refers to Dr. Grimshaw's Secret. Boston, 1883. Cf. The Commonwealth, Saturday, March 3, 1966. 4 p.
Hawthorne, Sophia, 1809-1871.
Hawthorne, Sophia, 1809-1871. A.L.S. to James Thomas Fields; [(Concord)], 21 March [1866]
Returned the proofs at once; the trouble must be in the Boston Post Office. Dated "Wednesday." 2 p.
Hawthorne, Sophia, 1809-1871. A.N.S. to James Thomas Fields; [Concord.], 14 April 1866
Asks him to help her get back her spectacles which she left in town. 2 p.
Hawthorne, Sophia, 1809-1871.
Hawthorne, Sophia, 1809-1871. A.L.S. to James Thomas Fields; [(Concord)], 29 April 1866
Tells him how [Ralph Waldo] Emerson broke in upon his precious Sunday to deliver the package. Asks if Fields sent her $100 in March; wants to verify her accounts. Signed "S.H." 3 p.
Hawthorne, Sophia, 1809-1871. A.Ms. to [Annie Adams Fields]; [(Concord)], [May c.1866]
Quotes a disparaging paragraph [on "Passages from Hawthorne's Note-Books, V"] from the Christian Register. Marked "P.S." Cf. Christian Register, May 26, 1866. 2 p.
Hawthorne, Sophia, 1809-1871. A.L.S. to Annie Adams Fields; [(Concord)], 25 April 1866
Fears she is a prisoner at home for the next few days. Wishes [Rebecca Blaine (Harding)] Davis would not write in such a "mouldy" style. 4 p.
Hawthorne, Sophia, 1809-1871. A.L.S. to Annie Adams Fields; [(Concord)], 16 May 1866
Could not possibly go this week; a sacred anniversary falls on Saturday. 3 p.
Hawthorne, Sophia, 1809-1871.
Hawthorne, Sophia, 1809-1871. A.L.S. to James Thomas Fields; [(Concord)], 17 May 1866
Sees no harm in using the names of [George] Ripley and [Ralph Waldo] Emerson. Is hopeless about financial perceptions; sent the tax-gatherer back to [George Stillman] Hillard. Refers to "Passages from Hawthorne's Note-Books, No.VII" (In the Atlantic Monthly, July 1866). 4 p.
Hawthorne, Sophia, 1809-1871. A.L.S. to Annie Adams Fields; [Concord.], 28 May 1866
Is disappointed she has gone without even one glance at the Wayside. There is beauty in May which there is not in July. Thinks it would be good for Una to visit at Manchester. 4 p.
Hawthorne, Sophia, 1809-1871. A.L.S. to James Thomas Fields; [(Concord)], 24 May 1866
Wants an edition of Tennyson for Una; returns an illustrated German book by Rose. Her anniversaries are over for the year. 4 p.
Hawthorne, Sophia, 1809-1871. A.L.S. to Annie Adams Fields; [The Wayside (Concord)], 13 June 1866
Is wholly occupied in finding a house for her brother [Nathaniel Cranch Peabody]. Went to the anniversary exhibition [at Dr. Dio Lewis's school] but "came home in agony." Comments on Gail Hamilton's Summer Rest. 7 p.
Hawthorne, Sophia, 1809-1871. A.L.S. to James Thomas Fields; [(Concord)], [7 May 1864]
Intends to take Mr. Hawthorne to meet [Franklin] Pierce on Wednesday. Asks him to contrive some other way in which Dr. [Oliver Wendell] Holmes can see him. Dated "Saturday." Printed in J. T. Fields, Yesterdays with Authors, p.121. 4 p.
