BIB_ID
288453
Accession number
MA 611.15
Creator
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864.
Display Date
1861 Oct. 12.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, with the Wakeman Collection, 1909.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 17.9 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).
Provenance
By descent to Sophia Hawthorne; by descent to Julian Hawthorne; Stephen H. Wakeman; purchased by Pierpont Morgan with the Wakeman Collection, 1909.
Summary
Declining an invitation to speak; explaining that he has "no practice in any mode of public speaking."
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