Autograph letter signed from Nathaniel Hawthorne to Elizabeth Clarke Manning Hawthorne, written from Salem and dated 11 July 1820
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CMV35271
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MA 611.2, ‘Autograph letter signed : Salem [Mass.], to his mother, Elizabeth Clarke Manning Hawthorne, 1820 July 11.’
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Autograph letter signed from Nathaniel Hawthorne to Elizabeth Clarke Manning Hawthorne, written from Salem and dated 11 July 1820
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Brief Summary:
Autograph letter signed from Nathaniel Hawthorne to Elizabeth Clarke Manning Hawthorne, written from Salem and dated 11 July 1820
Detailed Summary:
The letter relates to family affairs. Nathaniel tells his mother that his sister Louisa is content and pleased to attend a dance school, and that he has learned to swim. He mentions his uncles, and notes that he wishes his older sister, Elizabeth, would write to him. A list of Voltaire’s works has been added to the verso of the letter, presumably in his mother’s hand.
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1 ff.
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203 x 117 mm
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A list of Voltaire’s works has been added to the verso side, presumably in the hand of Elizabeth Clarke Mannin Hawthorne.
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History
Date:
11 July 1820
Ownership:
The MS passed by descent to Sophia Hawthorne, Julian Hawthorne, and Stephen H. Wakeman successively.
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Purchased by Pierpont Morgan with the Wakeman Collection in 1909.
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