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Sophia Hawthorne autograph letter signed to James Thomas Fields, [Concord], approximately December 1865

1 pp 1865

Fears the engraving misses the delicacy of the photograph; the mouth is distorted. Probably refers to the engraving of Hawthorne made from the photograph taken by John Edwin Mayall and printed in Good Company, Boston 1866. Mutilated.

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Sophia Hawthorne autograph letter signed to James Thomas Fields, [Concord], approximately December 1866

1 pp 1866

Makes a list of heads [for the extracts from the English journals]. Has copied more of the journals of the children. Intended for separate publication but printed in Passages from the English Note-Books, Boston, 1870.

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Sophia Hawthorne autograph letter signed to James Thomas Fields, [Concord], approximately January 1862

1 pp 1862

Asks the price of the "Microscope and its Revelations" by [William Benjamin] Carpenter. Mr. Hawthorne has a severe cold.

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Sophia Hawthorne autograph letter signed to James Thomas Fields, [The Wayside Concord], 2 August 1866

1 pp 1866

Julian has returned from Appledore. Promises to attend to the proof when it comes. Wants to know whether to send her copy as fast as she makes it. Probably refers to "Passages from Hawthorne's Note-Books, No. X" (In the Atlantic Monthly, Oct. 1866).

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Sophia Hawthorne autograph letter signed to James Thomas Fields, [The Wayside Concord], 3 October 1864

1 pp 1864

[Henry Arthur] Bright intends to have the photograph copied. Horace Bridge has destroyed the papers and his copy of [Fanshawe]. Wishes Mr. Fields to do the same. Julian is recovering from the poison. Refers to one of the three photographs of Hawthorne made by John Edwin Mayall. May 19, 1860. Cf. Century, April, 1887; Athenaeum, June 18, 1887.

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Sophia Hawthorne autograph letter signed to James Thomas Fields, [The Wayside, Concord], 4 October 1865

1 pp 1865

Feels that it makes no difference whether the material has been printed or not. Has more material on the first two years of their married life and a whole volume of the English Romance. Signed "S.H." Probably refers to Dr. Grimshaw's Secret, Boston, 1883.

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Sophia Hawthorne autograph letter signed to James Thomas Fileds, [Concord], 22 January 1868

1 pp 1868

Has placed the pages in order; would put the letters of 1861 into the appendix of the English journal. Asks about the Christmas Bouquet reputed to be by Hawthorne. Signed "S.H."

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Sophia Hawthorne autograph letter signed to Jamse Thomas Fields, [Concord], 16 June 1867

1 pp 1867

Sends all she has finished from the English journal. Quotes a letter from Mary Howitt.

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Sophia Hawthorne autograph letter signed to [Annie Adams Fields, Concord], 14 June 1862

1 pp 1862

Una sustained the housekeeping well except for Mr. [Edward James Stephen] Dicey's lateness. The visit was a delightful one. Signed "S.H." Date "Saturday 13."

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Sophia Hawthorne autograph letter signed to [Annie Adams Fields, Concord], 2 August 1863

1 pp 1863

Muses upon Mrs. Fields at the sea-side. Thinks it absurd not to praise her beauty. Apologizes for her indifferent housekeeping but thinks the walk with Mr. Hawthorne something gained.

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Sophia Hawthorne autograph letter signed to [Annie Adams Fields, Concord], 26 May 1865

1 pp 1865

Wishes she could come while the hawthorn is in bloom. Got through the anniversaries better than she expected.

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Sophia Hawthorne autograph letter signed to [Annie Adams Fields, Concord], 28 February [1864]

1 pp 1864

Was equally disappointed about the vases but Ellen [Russell] Emerson considered it a failure of obligation. Describes Una's appearance at the fair and the successful sales.

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Sophia Hawthorne autograph letter signed to James Thomas Fields, [Concord], approximately December 1865

Sophia Hawthorne autograph letter signed to James Thomas Fields, [Concord], approximately December 1866

Sophia Hawthorne autograph letter signed to James Thomas Fields, [Concord], approximately January 1862

Sophia Hawthorne autograph letter signed to James Thomas Fields, [The Wayside Concord], 2 August 1866

Sophia Hawthorne autograph letter signed to James Thomas Fields, [The Wayside Concord], 3 October 1864

Sophia Hawthorne autograph letter signed to James Thomas Fields, [The Wayside, Concord], 4 October 1865

Sophia Hawthorne autograph letter signed to James Thomas Fileds, [Concord], 22 January 1868

Sophia Hawthorne autograph letter signed to Jamse Thomas Fields, [Concord], 16 June 1867

Sophia Hawthorne autograph letter signed to [Annie Adams Fields, Concord], 14 June 1862

Sophia Hawthorne autograph letter signed to [Annie Adams Fields, Concord], 2 August 1863

Sophia Hawthorne autograph letter signed to [Annie Adams Fields, Concord], 26 May 1865

Sophia Hawthorne autograph letter signed to [Annie Adams Fields, Concord], 28 February [1864]