Rose Hawthorne Lathrop autograph letter signed to Annie Adams Fields with appended note from Sophia Hawthorne to Annie Adams Fields, The Wayside, Concord, [September] 1861

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Title:
Rose Hawthorne Lathrop autograph letter signed to Annie Adams Fields with appended note from Sophia Hawthorne to Annie Adams Fields, The Wayside, Concord, [September] 1861
Description:
Has a family of paper dolls and a black kitten but finds it "so desolate to play alone." Is going to the mountains and then to Salem. Appended is a postscript by Sophia Hawthorne in which she writes that Rose's letter is "a melancholy cry for companionship." Intends to play with the child herself that winter. Dated "Sunday."
Author:
Lathrop, Rose Hawthorne, 1851-1926
Author:
Hawthorne, Sophia Peabody, 1809-1871
Addressee:
Fields, Annie, 1834-1915
Name on Item:
Rose Hawthorne, S. Hawthorne
Date:
[September 1861]
Format:
Manuscripts
Letters/Correspondence
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
MS C.1.11 Box 3 Folder 150 (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
Places:
Massachusetts > Middlesex (county) > Concord
Extent:
1 sheet (4 p.)
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/wh247w696
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 (150)
Barcode:
39999085841284