Record ID:
288445
Accession number:
MA 611.11
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.
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