BIB_ID
288461
Accession number
MA 611.18
Creator
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864.
Display Date
[1851 Dec. 7].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, with the Wakeman Collection, 1909.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 13.7 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).
The letter is dated "Sunday"; the actual date is from Woodson et al.
The letter is dated "Sunday"; the actual date is from Woodson et al.
Provenance
By descent to Sophia Hawthorne; by descent to Julian Hawthorne; Stephen H. Wakeman; purchased by Pierpont Morgan with the Wakeman Collection, 1909.
Summary
Reporting that he has "hammered out the best notice [he knows] how to write" of [Charles Wilkins] Webber's book [The hunter-naturalist]; saying he doubts whether "the poor fellow" will succeed; discussing where to send the review.
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