Letter from Celia Thaxter, Kittery Point, to Mr. and Mrs. John W. Field, 188- September 6 : autograph manuscript signed.

Thinking of them often "since we left that beautiful old world & you behind"; noting that she received their July 12th letter at the Isles of Shoals; relating recent travel; describing her time at the Isles of Shoals; remembering spending time with them in Italy; relating the well-being of her brothers, Oscar Laighton and Cedric Laighton; remarking on the quick courtship between Cedric and his new wife; commenting on both her and their summer; enclosing a poem (not included) and promising to send another "in a week or two"; expressing her busyness; remarking that she has not seen Hamilton Wilde more than once since "my return", that "poor Annie Fields has spent her summer in Manchester", and pitying her; asking about their plans to come to the U.S.; giving her addresses; further asking about their travel plans.