Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

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

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.
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.