Sophia Hawthorne autograph letter signed to James Thomas Fields, [Concord, 7 May 1864]

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Item Information

Title:
Sophia Hawthorne autograph letter signed to James Thomas Fields, [Concord, 7 May 1864]
Description:
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. Postscript added after the letter was sealed.
Author:
Hawthorne, Sophia Peabody, 1809-1871
Addressee:
Fields, James Thomas, 1817-1881
Name on Item:
S. Hawthorne
Date:
[May 7, 1864]
Format:
Manuscripts
Letters/Correspondence
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
MS C.1.11 Box 2 Folder 51 (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
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894
Pierce, Franklin, 1804-1869
Places:
Massachusetts > Middlesex (county) > Concord
Extent:
2 sheets (6 p.)
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/wh247m50t
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 (51)
Barcode:
39999085841276