BIB_ID
288449
Accession number
MA 611.14
Creator
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864.
Display Date
1855 July 6.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, with the Wakeman Collection, 1909.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 19.8 cm
Notes
"At top of p. 1: "Private."
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).
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).
Provenance
By descent to Sophia Hawthorne; by descent to Julian Hawthorne; Stephen H. Wakeman; purchased by Pierpont Morgan with the Wakeman Collection, 1909.
Summary
Discussing his income from "notarial fees"; saying he is "most anxious to get rid of this office" because of the British climate's effect on Sophia Hawthorne's health; explaining that he hopes for a leave of absence to settle his wife on the Continent; telling him he plans to resign his post in Liverpool if he is unable to take Sophia to Europe; mentioning an essay called "Christie Johnson" [by Charles Reade].
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