Autograph letter : Concord [Mass.], to Zachary Burchmore, 1853 May 31.

Record ID: 
288445
Accession number: 
MA 611.11
Author: 
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864.
Credit: 
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan with the Wakeman Collection, 1909.
Description: 
1 item (3 p., with address) ; 20 cm
Notes: 

The bottom third of the last page has been excised..
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).

Summary: 

Concerning Hawthorne's efforts to smooth over a sticky political situation and return Burchmore to his job at the Salem Custom House.

Provenance: 
By descent to Sophia Hawthorne; by descent to Julian Hawthorne; Stephen H. Wakeman; purchased by Pierpont Morgan with the Wakeman Collection, 1909.