BIB_ID
288443
Accession number
MA 611.10
Creator
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864.
Display Date
1853 Mar. 14.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, with the Wakeman Collection, 1909.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 20.1 cm
Notes
Includes notes in pencil on the verso of both pages; the notes may be in Burchmore's hand.
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).
The signature differs from Hawthorne's typical signature.
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).
The signature differs from Hawthorne's typical signature.
Provenance
By descent to Sophia Hawthorne; by descent to Julian Hawthorne; Stephen H. Wakeman; purchased by Pierpont Morgan with the Wakeman Collection, 1909.
Summary
Sending him a letter from [William Chase] Prescott (letter not included in this collection); mentioning that the President [Franklin Pierce] has "so much of [Hawthorne's] paper now in [his] hands" that Hawthorne is "afraid it will be going at a discount"; advising Burchmore on whether he should speak to President Pierce about certain matters.
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