Record ID:
288550
Accession number:
MA 1220.1
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.
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