Sophia Hawthorne autograph letter to [Annie Adams Fields, Concord], approximately May 1862

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Title:
Sophia Hawthorne autograph letter to [Annie Adams Fields, Concord], approximately May 1862
Description:
Writes of [Henry David] Thoreau. Objects to her speaking of pain as "eternal."  May refer to the poem beginning, "Afar, afar, the rosy sails are far" printed in The Singing Shepherd and Other Poems, p. 79. Fragment, incomplete.
Author:
Hawthorne, Sophia Peabody, 1809-1871
Addressee:
Fields, Annie, 1834-1915
Date:
[ca. May 1862]
Format:
Manuscripts
Letters/Correspondence
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
MS C.1.11 Box 1 Folder 21 (shelf locator)
Collection (local):
Sophia Hawthorne correspondence with James and Annie Fields, 1851-1904
Subjects:
Authors' spouses
Women authors, American
Authors, American--19th century--Correspondence
Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862
Places:
Massachusetts > Middlesex (county) > Concord
Extent:
1 sheet (2 p.)
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/wh247h49f
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Language:
English
Notes:
Title supplied by cataloger.
Notes (date):
Date from item or from supporting materials.
Call #:
MS C.1.11 (21)
Barcode:
39999085841268