Sophia Hawthorne autograph letter signed to Annie Adams Fields, [The Wayside, 3 May 1863]

Item Information

Title:
Sophia Hawthorne autograph letter signed to Annie Adams Fields, [The Wayside, 3 May 1863]
Description:
Asks if she is still able to be received on Friday the 8th of May. Mentions that the 12th is Rose’s birthday and “she is to have a festa.” Quotes a passage from “Wilton’s divine hymns.” Comments on a Miss Harding’s writing and how Mr. Hawthorne did not read her work. Also comments on a Miss Prescott’s writing as well.
Author:
Hawthorne, Sophia Peabody, 1809-1871
Addressee:
Fields, Annie, 1834-1915
Name on Item:
Sophia Hawthorne
Date:
[May 3, 1863]
Format:
Manuscripts
Letters/Correspondence
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
MS C.1.11 Box 1 Folder 32 (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
Lathrop, Rose Hawthorne, 1851-1926
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864
Places:
Massachusetts > Middlesex (county) > Concord
Extent:
2 sheets (8 p.)
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/wh247j60n
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.
This date is inferred.
Call #:
MS C.1.11 32
Barcode:
39999085841268