Sophia Hawthorne autograph letter to [Annie Adams Fields, Concord], 11 October [18]63
Description:
Could not be consoled for their silences if all Eternity were not ahead. Mr. Hawthorne is not well; he is of too fine porcelain "to become acclimated among these rude shocks and airs." Is grieved that anyone found malice in [Our Old Home]; Speaks of the dedication to Franklin Pierce. Fragment, incomplete.