BIB_ID
288430
Accession number
MA 611.6
Creator
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864.
Display Date
1836 Feb. 5.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, with the Wakeman Collection, 1909.
Description
1 item (1 p.) : ill. ; 20.9 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of 19 autograph letters signed from Nathaniel Hawthorne, an engraving of Nathaniel Hawthorne, and a typescript letter signed from his son, Julian Hawthorne. Items in the collection are described in 21 records (MA 611.1-21).
Signed "Nath. Hawthorne."
The verso contains notes and diagrams in ink.
Signed "Nath. Hawthorne."
The verso contains notes and diagrams in ink.
Provenance
By descent to Sophia Hawthorne; by descent to Julian Hawthorne; Stephen H. Wakeman; purchased by Pierpont Morgan with the Wakeman Collection, 1909.
Summary
Asking her to send him shirts and collars; noting that he is writing material for the Token and the Magazine; saying that Elizabeth should send him more extracts of her work and "can finish her life of Hamilton by consulting some biographical dictionary."
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