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Sophia Hawthorne autograph letter signed James Thomas Fields, [Concord], 14 September 1864

1 pp 1864

Is going to visit the [George Bailey] Loring where she is needed; would like to go to Mrs. Fields for a day. Trembles at the prospect of plunging into the world again.

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Sophia Hawthorne autograph letter signed James Thomas Fields, [Concord], 2 August 1868

1 pp 1868

Will insist that Smith & Elder give more for a work of two volumes. Asks why Ticknor & Fields have decreased their percentage; is really in straightened means. Signed "S.H." Refers to Passages from the American Note-Books, 1868.

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Sophia Hawthorne autograph letter signed James Thomas Fields, [Concord], 5 December 1864

1 pp 1864

Thanks him for the letter and the photograph from [Francis] Bennoch. Is doubtful about printing the fragment [of the Dolliver Romance]. Wishes to devote herself to copying. 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 [James Thomas Fields, Concord], 21 December 1864

1 pp 1864

Thanks him for a copy of the Brownings' poems. Sends a small parcel for Mrs. Fields.

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Sophia Hawthorne autograph letter signed to Annie Adams Fields, 135 Washington St. [Boston]

1 pp 1851

Asks her to give the enclosed "Great Carbuncle" to Ann.

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Sophia Hawthorne autograph letter signed to Annie Adams Fields, 2 January 1865

1 pp 1865

Promised to stay longer with Mrs. [Mary Porter (Tileston)] Hemenway. Plans to see her Tuesday. Dated "Sunday afternoon."

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Sophia Hawthorne autograph letter signed to Annie Adams Fields, Brattleboro, Vermont, 24 May 1868

1 pp 1868

Thanks her for the accounts of Charles Dickens. Brattleboro is enchantingly lovely, but Una does not seem to recover. Speaks of her own desperate illness.

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Sophia Hawthorne autograph letter signed to Annie Adams Fields, Percival Avenue, Dorchester, [August? 1867]

1 pp 1867

Describes her visits at Little Boar's Head and South Salem. Has given up the idea of going to Europe; Julian is to study an active profession and the girls work at home.

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Sophia Hawthorne autograph letter signed to Annie Adams Fields, The Wayside [Concord], 14 December 1862

1 pp 1862

Describes Julian's return clad in Mr. Fields' gifts; thinks the visit did him a world of good. Mr. Hawthorne is not well; hopes [William Davis] Ticknor will go again to Washington. Mutilated.

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Sophia Hawthorne autograph letter signed to Annie Adams Fields, The Wayside [Concord], 21 January [1861]

1 pp 1861

Describes the finished library and Mr. Hawthorne's schemes for filling the empty shelves. Found the cold had frozen her watch. Cannot believe the republic is "going to wreck."

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Sophia Hawthorne autograph letter signed to Annie Adams Fields, The Wayside [Concord], 28 November 1862

1 pp 1862

Accepts her invitation for Julian. Has had a long illness but is better. Una intends to visit Ada (Shepard) Badger, a former governess.

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Sophia Hawthorne autograph letter signed to Annie Adams Fields, The Wayside [Concord], 3 August 1868

1 pp 1868

Comments on Angel Voices and [Oliver Wendell] Holmes's poem to [Henry Wadsworth] Longfellow. Una and Rose are doing splendidly with the house-work. Refers to "In gentle bosoms tried and true" recited on Longfellow's sixtieth birthday.

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