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Nathaniel Hawthorne Collection, 1737-2004 (bulk 1844-1864)
Nathaniel Hawthorne Correspondence, 1820-1864
Catalog Number: M85.1.1
Box 1 Originals: restricted
Folder 1 Robert Manning to Nathaniel Hawthorne,
Raymond. 11 May, 1820 [1 p.]
2 Nathaniel Hawthorne to Elizabeth M.
Hawthorne, Brunswick. 1 October, 1824
[1 p.]
3 Nathaniel Hawthorne and Jonathan Cilley
[bet], Brunswick. 14 November, 1824
[1 p.]
4 Nathaniel Hawthorne to S.G. Goodrich,
Salem. 6 May, 1830 [2 p.]
5 Nathaniel Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge,
Salem. 5 February, 1838 [1 p.]
6 Nathaniel Hawthorne to William B. Pike,
Boston. 10 February, 1840 [3 p.]
7 Nathaniel Hawthorn to William B. Pike,
Boston. 19 March, 1840 [1 p.]
8 Nathaniel Hawthorne to William B. Pike,
Salem. 28 June, 1840 [1 p.]
9 Nathaniel Hawthorne to William B. Pike,
Boston. 24 October, 1840 [1 p.]
10 Nathaniel Hawthorne to William B. Pike,
Boston. 14 November, 1840 [1 p.]
11 Nathaniel Hawthorne to Charles Lanman,
Boston. 2 March, 1842 [1 p.]
12 Nathaniel Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge,
Concord. 25 March, 1843 [3 p.]
13 Nathaniel Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge,
Concord. 3 May, 1843 [3 p.]
14 Nathaniel Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge,
Concord. 1 April, 1844 [3 p.]
15 Nathaniel Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge,
Salem. 29 November, 1844 [2 p.]
16 Nathaniel Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge,
Concord. 19 January, 1845 [1 p.]
17 Sophia A. Hawthorne and Nathaniel
Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge, Concord.
16 February, 1845 [4 p.]
18 Nathaniel Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge,
Concord. 17 April, 1845 [2 p.]
19 Nathaniel Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge,
[Salem]. ca. April 1845 [fragment w/
note of explanation from H. Bridge]
20 Nathaniel Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge,
Concord. 2 May, 1845 [1 p.]
21 Nathaniel Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge,
Concord. 7 May, 1845 [1 p.]
22 Sophia and Nathaniel Hawthorne to
Horatio Bridge, Concord. 16 June, 1845
[3 p.]
23 Nathaniel Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge,
Concord. 19 August, 1845 [1 p.]
24 Nathaniel Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge,
Concord. 28 September, 1845 [1 p.]
25 Horatio Bridge to Nathaniel Hawthorne,
[Portsmouth]. 28 September, 1845
[1 p.]
26 Evert Augustus Duyckinck to Nathaniel
Hawthorne, [New York]. 2 October, 1845
[1 p.]
27 Nathaniel Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge,
Salem. 7 October, 1845 [1 p.]
28 Nathaniel Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge,
Salem. 21 February, 1846 [2 p.]
29 Nathaniel Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge,
Salem. 1 March, 1846 [2 p.]
30 Nathaniel Hawthorne to Charles N.
Wheeler, Salem. 28 August, 1846 [1 p.]
31 Nathaniel Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge,
Salem. 26 October, 1846 [2 p.]
32 Nathaniel Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge,
Salem. 9 November, 1846 [1 p.]
33 Sophia and Nathaniel Hawthorne to
Horatio Bridge, Salem. 20 December,
1846 [6 p.]
34 Nathaniel Hawthorne [receipt for
salary], [Salem]. 1 January, 1848
[1 p.]
35 Nathaniel Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge,
Salem. 13 April, 1850 [2 p.]
36 Nathaniel Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge,
Lenox. 18 August, 1850 [1 p.]
37 Nathaniel Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge,
Lenox. 4 October, 1850 [1 p.]
38 Nathaniel Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge,
Lenox. 22 July, 1851 [2 p.]
39 Nathaniel Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge,
Lenox. 11 October, 1851 [1 p.]
40 Nathaniel Hawthorne to Chester P. Dewey,
Lenox. 19 October, 1851 [1 p.]
41 Nathaniel Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge,
Lenox. 14 November, 1851 [2 p.]
42 Nathaniel Hawthorne to "My Dear Sir,"
West Newton. 6 December, [1851] [1 p.]
43 Nathaniel Hawthorne to W.B. Pike,
West Newton. 25 December, 1851 [1 p.]
44 Nathaniel Hawthorne to A.S. Packard,
Concord. 19 July, 1852 [2 p.]
45 Nathaniel Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge,
Concord. 13 October, 1852 [4 p.]
46 Nathaniel Hawthorne to W.B. Pike,
Concord. 12 November, 1852 [1 p.]
47 Nathaniel Hawthorne to W.B. Pike,
Concord. 22 November, 1852 [1 p.]
48 Nathaniel Hawthorne and Sophia Hawthorne
to Mrs. H. Bridge, Concord. 7
February, 1853 [3 p.]
49 Nathaniel Hawthorne to W.B. Pike,
Concord. 29 March, 1853 [2 p.]
50 Nathaniel Hawthorne to Mrs. Bridge,
Concord. 18 May, 1853 [4 p.]
51 Nathaniel Hawthorne to W.B. Pike,
Concord. 19 June, 1853 [3 p.]
52 Nathaniel Hawthorne to Charles Holland,
n.p. 5 October 1853 [original framed,
hung in director's office]
53 Nathaniel Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge,
Liverpool. 30 March, 1854 [4 p.]
54 Nathaniel Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge,
Liverpool. 17 April 1854 [4 p.]
55 Nathaniel Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge,
Liverpool. 18 April, 1854 [2 p.]
56 Nathaniel Hawthorne to W.B. Pike,
Liverpool. 29 April, 1854 [2 p.]
57 Nathaniel Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge,
Liverpool. 1 May, 1854 [2 p.]
58 Nathaniel Hawthorne to W.B. Pike,
Liverpool. 7 June, 1854 [2 p.]
59 Nathaniel Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge,
Liverpool. 9 June, 1854 [1 p.]
60 Nathaniel Hawthorne to Sanders,
Liverpool. 1 July, 1854 [1 p.]
61 Nehemiah L. Cleaveland to Nathaniel
Hawthorne, Brooklyn. 12 October, 1854
[4 p.]
62 Nathaniel Hawthorne to Nehemiah L.
Cleaveland, Liverpool. 27 October,
1854 [1 p.]
63 Nathaniel Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge,
Liverpool. 28 November, 1854 [2 p.]
64 Nathaniel Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge,
Liverpool. 8 December, 1854 [2 p.]
65 Nathaniel Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge,
Liverpool. 14 December, 1854 [3 p.]
66 Nathaniel Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge,
Liverpool. 21 December, 1854 [2 p.]
67 Nathaniel Hawthorne to Elizabeth
Peabody, Liverpool. 19 January, 1855
[2 p.]
68 Nathaniel Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge,
Liverpool. 23 March, 1855 [4 p.]
69 Nathaniel Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge,
Liverpool. 13 April, 1855 [2 p.]
70 Nathaniel Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge,
Liverpool. 4 May, 1855 [1 p.]
71 Sophia and Nathaniel Hawthorne to W.B.
Pike, [Liverpool]. 10 May, 1855 [3 p.]
72 Nathaniel Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge,
Liverpool. 31 August, 1855 [3 p.]
73 Nathaniel Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge,
Liverpool. 12 October, 1855 [3 p.]
74 Nathaniel Hawthorne to W.B. Pike,
Liverpool. 21 December, 1855 [1 p.]
75 Nathaniel Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge,
Liverpool. 6 June, 1856 [4 p.]
76 Nathaniel Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge,
Liverpool. 20 June, 1856 [4 p.]
77 Nathaniel Hawthorne to W.B. Pike,
Liverpool. 17 July, 1856 [3 p.]
78 Nathaniel Hawthorne to Leonce Rabillon,
Liverpool, U.S. Consulate. 22 August,
1856
79 Nathaniel Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge,
Liverpool. 19 December, 1856 [3 p.]
80 Nathaniel Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge,
Liverpool. 15 January, 1857.
81 Nathaniel Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge,
Liverpool. 13 February, 1857 [4 p.]
82 Nathaniel Hawthorne to W.B. Pike,
Liverpool. 27 February, 1857 [1 p.]
83 Nathaniel Hawthorne to W.B. Pike,
Liverpool. 27 March, 1857 [4 p.]
84 Nathaniel Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge,
Liverpool. 17 September, 1857 [4 p.]
85 [Nathaniel Hawthorne] to "My Dear
Pessima" [Rose Hawthorne Lathrop],
Liverpool. 2 October, 1857 [5 p.]
86 Nathaniel Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge,
Concord. 3 July, 1860 [2 p.]
87 Nathaniel Hawthorne to "My Dear Sir"
[Leonce Robillon], Concord. 12 August,
1860 [2 p.]
88 Nathaniel Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge,
Concord. 26 May, 1861 [4 p.]
89 Nathaniel Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge,
Concord. 12 October, 1861 [3 p.]
90 Nathaniel Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge,
Concord. 13 February, 1862 [3 p.]
91 Nathaniel Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge,
Concord. 13 April, 1862 [1 p.]
92 Nathaniel Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge,
Concord. 19 April, 1862 [1 p.]
93 Nathaniel Hawthorne to "Dear Sir,"
Concord. 30 June, 1862 [1 p.]
94 Nathaniel Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge,
Concord. 21 January, 1863 [3 p.]
95 Nathaniel Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge,
Concord. 7 April, 1863 [2 p.]
96 Nathaniel Hawthorne to Robert C.
Winthrop, Concord. 16 February, 1864
[1 p.]
97 Fragment of letter to Horatio Bridge
[?], [n.p.]. [n.d.]
Box 3
Folder 1 Photocopies of originals: 11 May, 1820 -
2 March, 1842
2 Photocopies of originals: 25 March,
1843 - 28 September, 1845
3 Photocopies of originals: 2 October,
1845 - 11 October, 1851
4 Photocopies of originals: 19 October,
1851 - 17 April, 1854
5 Photocopies of originals: 18 April,
1854 - 23 March, 1855
6 Photocopies of originals: 13 April,
1855 - 27 March, 1857
7 Photocopies of originals: 17 September,
1857 - 16 February, 1864
8 Photocopies of manuscripts in other
collections: COPYING PROHIBITED
Other correspondence, 1819-1887
Catalog Number: M85.1.2
Box 1 Originals: restricted
Folder 98 Mary Manning to Elizabeth C. Hathorne,
Salem. 31 August, 1819 [2 p.]
99 Elizabeth C. Hathorne to Maria Hathorne,
Raymond. 21 June, 1820 [3 p.]
100 S.G. Goodrich to Horatio Bridge, Boston.
20 October, 1836 [1 p.]
101 Jonathan Cilley to Horatio Bridge,
Washington. 17 November, 1836 [2 p.]
102 Sophia A. Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge,
Concord. 4 July, 1845 [4 p.]
103 Sophia A. Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge,
Concord. 30 August, 1845 [1 p.]
104 Una Hawthorne to W.B. Pike, Rockferry,
England. 30 March, 1855 [4 p.]
105 Sophia Hawthorne to [?], [n.p.].
[ca.1864], [1 p.]
106 Sophia Hawthorne to Mr. Greenleaf,
[n.p.]. 9 January, 1864 [1 p.]
107 G.P. Lathrop to Lory Odell, Concord. 24
February, 1879 [4 p.]
108 Elizabeth Peabody to Horatio Bridge,
[n.p.]. 4 June, 1887 [12 p.]
Box 3
Folder 9 Photocopies of originals: 31 August, 1819 -
4 June, 1887
Writings
Catalog Number: M85.2
Box 2 Originals: restricted
Folder 1 "De Patribus Conscriptus Romanorum,"
October 1824
2 "Dolliver Romance" notes [n.d.] [2 p.]
3 "Dolliver Romance" studies [2 p.]
4 "Moonlight" AMs by Nathaniel Hawthorne
(in the hand of H.B.?); letter from
Rose Hawthorne Lathrop [n.d.], re:
authenticity of ms.
Box 3
Folder 10 Photocopies of originals in Box 2 for
M85.2, Writings
Other materials
Catalog Number: M85.3
Folio Box 1
Folder 1 Bowdoin A.M. (original and copy)
2 Bowdoin diploma - Nathaniel Hawthorne
(photocopy)
Box 2 Originals: restricted
Folder 5 Commemorative stamps: first day of
issue, 8 July, 1983, postcards and full
sheet of Hawthorne stamps.
6 Concord Bank cash book, 1860-1864:
Nathaniel Hawthorne
7 Constitution of "Pot-8-O [i.e. potato]
Club"
8 Consul to Liverpool: documents and
affidavit, 1854-1855
9 Custom House: printed document signed by
NH, 20 July, 1849; whalebone letter
opener from Custom House with letter
concerning letter opener from Norman
L. Bassett to President K.C.M Sills,
12 June, 1925
Box 3
Folder 11 [Lists of Hawthorne holdings at] Essex
Institute
12 Photocopies of the originals in Box 2 for
M85.3, Other Materials
Folio Box 1
Folder 3 Presidential appointment of Nathaniel
Hawthorne as consul of Port of
Liverpool, England (photocopy)
Box 3
Folder 13 Printed ephemera:
Biographical sketch of Hawthorne
produced by Salem National Bank, n.d.
Bowdoin College residences of Nathaniel
Hawthorne and Henry Wadsworth
Longfellow
Information re: Nathaniel Hawthorne and
his boyhood home by the Hawthorne
Community Association, South Casco,
Maine, n.d.
Miscellaneous ephemera
Folio Box 1
Folder 4 Seal of consulate, 1854 with power of
attorney from Leopold Schwabe to firm
of C.F. Hovey of Boston and Fanshawe,
Milliken and Townsend of New York and
Liverpool documents, 1855
5 Tribute poem to Nathaniel Hawthorne by
Robert Lowell, 1964
Images: Portraits and silhouettes
Catalog Number: M85.4.1
Box 4
Folder 1 1825. 4 pieces: 4 photographs of
Hawthorne silhouette.
2 1840. 5 pieces: 2 photographs of Schoff
etching of painting by Carles Osgood; 1
photograph of Osgood painting; 1
photograph (copy) of Osgood painting. 1
engraving.
3 1846. 1 piece: 1 photograph (copy) of
crayon portrait by Eastman Johnson.
4 ca.1848. 1 piece: 1 photograph (copy) of
daguerrogtype.
5 1850. 3 pieces: 2 photographs (copies) of
Cephias G. Thomson painting; 1
engraving of painting.
6 1852. 2 pieces: 1 photograph (copy) of
painting by George P.A. Healey; 1
photograph of painting.
7 1858 [February]. 1 piece: 1 photograph
(copy) of marble bust by Louisa Lander.
8 1860 [19 May]. 1 piece: 1 photograph
(copy) by Mayhall [the so-called
"Holden photograph"].
9 1860 [19 May]. 2 pieces: 1 photograph
(copy) by Mayhall [the so-called
"Bennock photograph]; 1 engraving
(copy) of photograph.
10 1860 [19 May]. 3 pieces: 1 photograph
(copy) by Mayhall [the so-called
"Motley photograph"]; 2 engravings.
Folio Box 1
Folder 6 1860 [19 May]. 1 engraving on tissue
paper by Kruell
Mapcase 1860 [19 May]. 2 paintings (copies) of
photograph by Mayhall [the so-called
"Motley photograph"]
Box 4
Folder 11 1860. 3 pieces: 2 photographs of oil
painting by Alex Johnston, 1886, from
J.J.E. Mayhall's photo; 1 clipping.
Folio Box 1
Folder 6 1860. 1 oil painting by Alexander
Johnston, 1886, from photograph by
J.J.E. Mayhall.
Box 4
Folder 12 ca.1861. 1 piece: 1 photograph (copy).
13 ca.1861. 1 piece: 1 photograph (copy) by
Black & Case.
14 1862 [April]. 1 piece: 1 photograph of
painting by Emanuel Leutze.
15 1862. 7 pieces: 6 photographs of
engraving by John Andrew, 1897, of
photo by J.W. Black; 1 engraving.
16 1862. 1 piece: 1 engraving from
photograph.
17 ca.1862-1863. 1 piece: 1 photograph
(copy) taken at Warren's Studio,
Boston, Massachusetts.
18 ca.1862-1863. 1 piece: 1 photograph
(copy) by Brady.
19 ca.1862-1863. 1 piece: 1 photograph
(copy) from a copy by A.C. Mackintire,
ca.1891, of original photograph.
20 ca.1862-1863. 1 piece: 1 photograph
(copy) by Brady.
21 ca.1862-1863. 1 piece: 1 photograph
(copy) by Brady.
22 ca.1863. 3 pieces: 1 cabinet card; 1
photograph (copy) by Silsbee, Case &
Co.; 1 painting by H. Frances Osborne,
1893, from photograph.
23 1866. 1 piece: 1 crayon portrait (copy)
by Samuel W. Rowse.
24 [n.d.]. 1 piece: 1 illustration
(photographic copy) of Hawthorne in
Salem Custom House.
25 [n.d.]. 1 piece: 1 photograph (copy) of
"James T. Fields, Nathaniel Hawthorne,
and W.D. Ticknor" by Black & Case.
26 [n.d.]. 1 piece: 1 photograph (copy) by
Black & Case.
27 [n.d.]. 1 piece: 1 black & off-white
blockprint.
28 [n.d.]. 2 pieces: copies of engraving of
Hawthorne by H.W. Smith that appears in "History of
Bowdoin College with Biographical
Sketches of its Graduates from 1806 to
1879, Inclusive" by Nehemiah Cleaveland
and Alpheus Spring Packard, Boston:
James Osgood & Company, 1882.
Images: Buildings and places
Catalog Number: M85.4.2
Box 4
Folder 28a "Birthplace of Hawthorne," Salem,
Massachusetts - engraving by
O.W.H. Upham, 1882
29 Casco, Maine: Frye's Leap & "The Images."
1 piece: 1 photograph.
30 Casco, Maine: Hawthorne's favorite
fishing rock. 1 piece: 1 photograph.
31 Casco, Maine: Interior of Hawthorne's
Cave & opening of Sebago Lake & Frye's
Leap. 1 piece: 1 photograph.
32 Casco, Maine: Hawthorne's boyhood home, 2
photographs, 2004 Fall
33 Hawthorne Community Association. 1 piece:
1 photograph.
34 Hawthorne residence: Bowdoin College. 1
piece: 1 post card.
35 Hawthorne residences: Lenox. 1 piece: 1
painting of "Little Red House at Lenox"
by Miss Woodward, 1889.
36 Hawthorne residences: Manning House. 3
pieces: 2 photographs; 1 oil painting
(photographic copy).
37 Hawthorne residences: Old Manse. 3
pieces: 1 photograph; 1 photographic
negative; 1 engraving.
Mapcase Hawthorne residences: Old Manse. 1
engraving.
Box 4
Folder 38 Hawthorne residences: Radoux Meeting
House. 1 piece: 1 photograph.
39 Hawthorne residences: Rock Ferry. 1
piece: 1 photograph.
40 Hawthorne residences: Wayside [Concord,
Massachusetts]. 3 pieces: 1 photograph;
1 photographic negative; 1 print.
41 London: Old Courtyard of Staple Inn with
the Beadle. 1 piece: 1 photograph.
42 London: St. Paul's Cathedral. 1 piece: 1
photograph.
43 London [Clerkenwell]: St. John's Gate. 1
piece: 1 photograph.
44 London [Greenwich]: Royal Naval College.
1 piece: 1 photograph.
45 Salem Custom House. 2 pieces: 1 engraving
(photographic negative of copy); 1
engraving (copy).
Images: Hugh Thomson illustrations for 1920 Methuen edition of "The Scarlet
Letter."
Catalog Number: M85.4.3
Folio Box 1
Folder 7 "With purpose to snatch a kiss."
8 "Good Father Wilson was moving homeward."
9 "They were rough-looking desperadoes."
10 "Children would creep nigh enough to
behold her."
11 "It is our Hester..."
12 "'So, reverend sir, you have made a visit
to the forest,' observed the
witch-lady."
13 "A blazing spear...in the midnight sky."
14 "Hawthorne at the Custom House."
15 "There dwelt, there trode, the feet of
one."
Clippings
Catalog Number: M85.5
Clippings: George T. Little Nathaniel Hawthorne scrapbooks
Catalog Number: M85.5.1
Box 5
Volume 1 Hawthorne clippings, n.d.
2 Hawthorne clippings, n.d.
Clippings: miscellaneous
Catalog Number: M85.5.2
Box 5
Folder 1-6 Newsclippings