BIB_ID
288447
Accession number
MA 611.12
Creator
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864.
Display Date
1853 Dec. 9.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, with the Wakeman Collection, 1909.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 25.1 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).
Watermark: G. McCorquodale / Liverpool / 1852.
Watermark: G. McCorquodale / Liverpool / 1852.
Provenance
By descent to Sophia Hawthorne; by descent to Julian Hawthorne; Stephen H. Wakeman; purchased by Pierpont Morgan with the Wakeman Collection, 1909.
Summary
Repaying a debt and noting, "We are not rich, nor are ever likely to be; but the miserable pinch is over"; mentioning his gratitude to the unknown friends who loaned him the money.
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