Sophia Hawthorne autograph letter signed to Annie Adams Fields, [Concord], 23 March 1863

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Title:
Sophia Hawthorne autograph letter signed to Annie Adams Fields, [Concord], 23 March 1863
Description:
Tells how she cured Rose's fever with her homeopathic remedies. Thanks Mr. Fields for the set of Hawthorne's works. Has been studying [Francis] Bacon and finds it idle to judge except from the "loftiest pinnacles of Imagination."
Author:
Hawthorne, Sophia Peabody, 1809-1871
Addressee:
Fields, Annie, 1834-1915
Name on Item:
Sophia Hawthorne
Date:
March 23, 1863
Format:
Manuscripts
Letters/Correspondence
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
MS C.1.11 Box 1 Folder 30b (shelf locator)
Collection (local):
Sophia Hawthorne correspondence with James and Annie Fields, 1851-1904
Subjects:
Authors' spouses
Women authors, American
Authors, American--19th century--Correspondence
Lathrop, Rose Hawthorne, 1851-1926
Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626
Places:
Massachusetts > Middlesex (county) > Concord
Extent:
2 sheets (8 p.)
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/wh247j41f
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
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Language:
English
Notes:
Title supplied by cataloger.
Notes (date):
Date from item or from supporting materials.
Call #:
MS C.1.11 (30)b
Barcode:
39999085841268