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Wishes he would eliminate the passage stating that Mr. Fields destroyed the Ms. of The Scarlet Letter. Mr. Hawthorne himself "put it up the chimney."

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wh247f708
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Annie Fields autograph letter signed to Julian Hawthorne, [Boston], approximately 1904 June
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wh247f708
contentType
document
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normalized
title
Annie Fields autograph letter signed to Julian Hawthorne, [Boston], approximately 1904 June
description
Wishes he would eliminate the passage stating that Mr. Fields destroyed the Ms. of The Scarlet Letter. Mr. Hawthorne himself "put it up the chimney."
date
["[ca. June 1904]"]
year
1904
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
creators
Fields, Annie, 1834-1915
Hawthorne, Julian, 1846-1934
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
Fields, James Thomas, 1817-1881
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864. Scarlet letter
subjectsGeographic
Boston
Massachusetts
North and Central America
Suffolk (county)
United States
genreBasic
Manuscripts
Correspondence
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Text
country
United States
state
Massachusetts
county
Suffolk
city
Boston
pageCount
1
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import
extent
1 sheet (3 p.)
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no
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sf268508b
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wh247f69h
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42.35
schema:longitude
-71.05
notes
Title supplied by cataloger.
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wh247f708
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