Autograph letter signed : Lincoln, to her daughter Una, 1857 May 22.

Record ID: 
288550
Accession number: 
MA 1220.1
Author: 
Hawthorne, Sophia Peabody, 1809-1871.
Credit: 
Purchased, 1947.
Description: 
1 item (8 p.) ; 17.8 cm
Notes: 

The end of the letter is missing from this collection.
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).

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.

Provenance: 
Purchased from Henry Amelung Hawthorne, Nathaniel and Sophia Hawthorne's grandson, 1947.