BIB_ID
103155
Accession number
MA 3100
Creator
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864.
Display Date
1835-1841.
Credit line
Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Charles W. Engelhard, 1977.
Description
1 item (86 p.), bound ; 19.4 cm
Notes
Commonly referred to as Hawthorne's "lost notebook."
Hawthorne began this notebook on May 28th 1835. After filling the notebook through the back paste-down, he returned to the front flyleaf, where the last two entries (dated 1840 and June 29th 1841) appear. A leaf has possibly been excised after the front fly-leaf.
Part of the collection of Hawthorne's "American notebooks," which are described in four individual records.
Portions of text canceled with back ink X's.
Hawthorne began this notebook on May 28th 1835. After filling the notebook through the back paste-down, he returned to the front flyleaf, where the last two entries (dated 1840 and June 29th 1841) appear. A leaf has possibly been excised after the front fly-leaf.
Part of the collection of Hawthorne's "American notebooks," which are described in four individual records.
Portions of text canceled with back ink X's.
Provenance
By descent to Sophia Hawthorne; Harriet Reynolds; by descent to her son Walter; by descent to Barbara S. Mouffe; purchased as the gift of Mrs. Charles W. Engelhard, 1977.
Summary
Describing excursions and recording observations and ideas for future stories and articles. Giving detailed accounts of his trips to Maine and the Berkshires in 1837 and 1838. Noting his weight in August, 1837, as 158 pounds.
Housed in
Red and grey quarter leather drop-spine box (22.1 cm)
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