Julian Hawthorne to Francis Bennoch., 11/06/1877-11/06/1877

File — Box: 1, Folder: 32

Identifier: 94046

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Series-level Scope and Content Note

From the Series:

Correspondence from Julian Hawthorne to Francis Bennoch, including several letters from others, one autographed poem, and one autographed book review.

Dates

Creation: 11/06/1877-11/06/1877

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Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Shelf Location

09/09/04

Container Summary

1 Autographed Letter Signed dated 11/06/1877 from Julian Hawthorne to Francis Bennoch written on black-bordered mourning paper explaining the circumstances surrounding a debt he incurred when he accepted an advance from Alexander Strahan for his novel "Garth", which Strahan subsequently turned down. He refers to this situation as the "McCorquodale affair" after the name of the party who provided the advance, the printer George McCorquodale. Hawthorne complains of his straitened circumstances and lays out the advice of Henry Arthur Bright, his father's friend, instructing him to pursue help from the Royal Literary Fund (the "Literary Poorhouse"). He states that after humbling himself in this way he will "expect to regard such professions as crossing-sweeping and bootblacking with respect and envy". Reference to bankruptcy, May ("Minne") Hawthorne, his children, and Octavian Blewitt, the secretary of the Royal Literary Fund. Sent from Way's End, Twickenham, England.

Subjects and Associated Physical Materials

HAWTHORNE, JULIAN - CORRESPONDENCE TO BENNOCH, FRANCIS (1877): Autographed Letter

BENNOCH, FRANCIS - CORRESPONDENCE FROM HAWTHORNE, JULIAN (1877): Autographed Letter

HAWTHORNE, MAY ("MINNE") - REFERENCE BY HAWTHORNE, JULIAN (1877): Autographed Letter

CHILDREN - REFERENCE BY HAWTHORNE, JULIAN (1877): Autographed Letter

STRAHAN, ALEXANDER - REFERENCE BY HAWTHORNE, JULIAN (1877): Autographed Letter

"GARTH" - NOVEL - REFERENCE BY HAWTHORNE, JULIAN (1877): Autographed Letter

MCCORQUODALE, GEORGE - REFERENCE BY HAWTHORNE, JULIAN (1877): Autographed Letter

BRIGHT, HENRY ARTHUR - REFERENCE BY HAWTHORNE, JULIAN (1877): Autographed Letter

ROYAL LITERARY FUND - REFERENCE BY HAWTHORNE, JULIAN (1877): Autographed Letter

BLEWITT, OCTAVIAN - REFERENCE BY HAWTHORNE, JULIAN (1877): Autographed Letter

BANKRUPTCY - REFERENCE BY HAWTHORNE, JULIAN (1877): Autographed Letter

TWICKENHAM - ENGLAND - CORRESP. FROM THERE BY HAWTHORNE, JULIAN (1877): Autographed Letter