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Source Description
Unknown author writes to unknown recipient regarding being unable to say much to the recipient or their household. The author writes, "You are under a sort of million horse-power of intellectual steam" that the recipient has due to their publishing. The author writes, "the girls heads are running over with Cathedrals, & Theartres, and Moss-grown towers & all sorts of things-It is of no use to try to say anything when the mercury ranges at 92 degrees in the shade." The author regrets that "the moment I....saw that you expected a joke from me, my mental dog secured to me to cling his tail & hide away entirely beyond my control." The author wishes she was going to England.
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Document identity
localId
2z111612f
label
Letter and a portrait of Harriet Beecher Stowe
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obj
dtoType
document
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
2z111612f
contentType
document
stage
normalized
title
Letter and a portrait of Harriet Beecher Stowe
description
Unknown author writes to unknown recipient regarding being unable to say much to the recipient or their household. The author writes, "You are under a sort of million horse-power of intellectual steam" that the recipient has due to their publishing. The author writes, "the girls heads are running over with Cathedrals, & Theartres, and Moss-grown towers & all sorts of things-It is of no use to try to say anything when the mercury ranges at 92 degrees in the shade." The author regrets that "the moment I....saw that you expected a joke from me, my mental dog secured to me to cling his tail & hide away entirely beyond my control." The author wishes she was going to England.
date
["[ca. 1832–1867]"]
year
1832
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
5143531
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Anti-Slavery Collection
subjects
Women abolitionists--United States--History--19th century--Correspondence
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Women educators--United States--History--19th century
Women abolitionists--United States
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Publishers and publishing
Women educators--United States
Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896
genreBasic
Correspondence
Manuscripts
Prints
genreSpecific
Portrait prints
typeOfResource
Text
Still image
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
extent
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 20 cm. + 1 print (18 x 13 cm.)
hasTranscription
yes
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
ht24xg10q
notes
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
pubPlace
[Place of publication unknown]
dcId
2z111612f
type
document
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
af587f53d4c461fe