BIB_ID
288458
Accession number
MA 611.17
Creator
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864.
Display Date
1862 Apr. 1.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, with the Wakeman Collection, 1909.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 19.9 cm
Notes
"Letter 162" is written at the top of p. 1, possibly in Sophia Hawthorne's hand.
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 Julian Hawthorne; Stephen H. Wakeman; purchased by Pierpont Morgan with the Wakeman Collection, 1909.
Summary
Describing excursions to Manassas and Fortress Monroe; saying that he has seen Washington and "begin[s] to long for home"; noting that he is staying longer "for [Emanuel] Leu[t]ze wishes to paint a portrait" of him; telling her that he had "a photograph of imperial size" taken of him yesterday.
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