BIB_ID
288550
Accession number
MA 1220.1
Creator
Hawthorne, Sophia Peabody, 1809-1871.
Display Date
1857 May 22.
Credit line
Purchased, 1947.
Description
1 item (8 p.) ; 17.8 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of 15 letters from Sophia Hawthorne to her daughter Una. Items in the collection are described in individual records (MA 1220.1-15).
The end of the letter is missing from this collection.
The end of the letter is missing from this collection.
Provenance
Purchased from Henry Amelung Hawthorne, Nathaniel and Sophia Hawthorne's grandson, 1947.
Summary
Describing their trip to Lincoln; giving details of the scenery from the train, including wild hyacinths and other wildflowers; mentioning Julian Hawthorne (she refers to him as "his royal highness"); noting his dismay that they did not have time to stop in Manchester to see the "Art Treasures Exhibition"; discussing her efforts to get a sandwich for him.
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