BIB_ID
288609
Accession number
MA 1220.12
Creator
Hawthorne, Sophia Peabody, 1809-1871.
Display Date
[1857 July 1-2].
Credit line
Purchased, 1947.
Description
1 item (20 p.) : ill. ; 17.9 cm
Notes
Includes sketches on p. 3 and 8.
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).
Signed "Ever your loving Mamma."
The first four pages of the letter are not in 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).
Signed "Ever your loving Mamma."
The first four pages of the letter are not in this collection.
Provenance
Purchased from Henry Amelung Hawthorne, Nathaniel and Sophia Hawthorne's grandson, 1947.
Summary
Discussing her visit with Nathaniel and Julian Hawthorne to Dumbarton Castle and Dumbarton Rock; mentioning the Castle's associations with William Wallace and Mary, Queen of Scots; commenting on Julian's attempt to collect seaweed for his aquarium at home; noting the loss of her "beautiful blue cameo" and her attempts to find it; telling Una they are going to Loch Lomond next.
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