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According to Mr. Clarke, Mr. Hawthorne's works do not net $100 a year. Compares this with Washington Irving's profits. Finds a number of errors in the account, particularly the percentage. Mrs. Hawthorne thinks she will have Putnam publish the English and Italian journals. Pencil note in unknown hand.
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wh247x217
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Elizabeth Palmer Peabody autograph letter signed to James Thomas Fields, 20 November [1868]
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wh247x217
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title
Elizabeth Palmer Peabody autograph letter signed to James Thomas Fields, 20 November [1868]
description
According to Mr. Clarke, Mr. Hawthorne's works do not net $100 a year. Compares this with Washington Irving's profits. Finds a number of errors in the account, particularly the percentage. Mrs. Hawthorne thinks she will have Putnam publish the English and Italian journals. Pencil note in unknown hand.
date
["[November 20, 1868]"]
year
1868
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
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No known restrictions on use.
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no restrictions
language
English
creators
Peabody, Elizabeth Palmer, 1804-1894
Fields, James Thomas, 1817-1881
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Sophia Hawthorne correspondence with James and Annie Fields, 1851-1904
subjects
Authors' spouses
Women authors, American
Authors, American--19th century--Correspondence
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864
Irving, Washington, 1783-1859
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Correspondence
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2 sheets (8 p.)
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Title supplied by cataloger.
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