BIB_ID
288445
Accession number
MA 611.11
Creator
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864.
Display Date
1853 May 31.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, with the Wakeman Collection, 1909.
Description
1 item (3 p., with address) ; 20 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).
The bottom third of the last page has been excised..
The bottom third of the last page has been excised..
Provenance
By descent to Sophia Hawthorne; by descent to Julian Hawthorne; Stephen H. Wakeman; purchased by Pierpont Morgan with the Wakeman Collection, 1909.
Summary
Concerning Hawthorne's efforts to smooth over a sticky political situation and return Burchmore to his job at the Salem Custom House.
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