May ("Minne") Hawthorne to Francis Bennoch., 10/13/1878-10/13/1878

File — Box: 1, Folder: 66.5

Identifier: 94090

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

10/13/1878-10/13/1878

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Extent

From the Collection: 0.5 Linear Feet (1 box)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Shelf Location

09/09/04

Container Summary

1 Autographed Letter, incomplete, dated 10/13/1878 from May ("Minne") Hawthorne to Francis Bennoch recounting the efforts of her husband Julian Hawthorne to raise money to pay their debts and to find publishers for his work in England. She mentions their tentative plans to return to America to live on Martha's Vineyard. Includes at the top of the letter 1 Autographed Note Signed by Julian Hawthorne to Francis Bennoch mentioning 2 manuscripts and a writing desk which belonged to his father Nathaniel Hawthorne and which he wants preserved from auction by his creditors. Reference to William G. Peckham, the estate of Una Hawthorne, Henry F. Gillig, Russell Sturgis, Julian's aunts Elisabeth Palmer Peabody and Elisabeth Hawthorne, the "Cornhill Magazine", "Septimius: A Romance", manuscripts of Nathaniel Hawthorne, a mahogany folding desk which belonged to Nathaniel Hawthorne, "The Scarlet Letter", and "The House of Seven Gables". Sent from Etretat, France.

Subjects and Associated Physical Materials

HAWTHORNE, MAY ("MINNE") - CORRESPONDENCE TO BENNOCH, FRANCIS (1878): Other Types

BENNOCH, FRANCIS - CORRESPONDENCE FROM HAWTHORNE, MAY ("MINNE") (1878): Other Types

PECKHAM, WILLIAM G. - REFERENCE BY HAWTHORNE, MAY ("MINNE") (1878): Other Types

GILLIG, HENRY F. - REFERENCE BY HAWTHORNE, MAY ("MINNE") (1878): Other Types

STURGIS, RUSSELL - REFERENCE BY HAWTHORNE, MAY ("MINNE") (1878): Other Types

HAWTHORNE, JULIAN - REFERENCE BY HAWTHORNE, MAY ("MINNE") (1878): Other Types

AUCTION - FURNITURE - REFERENCE BY HAWTHORNE, MAY (MINNE) (1878): Other Types

MARTHA'S VINEYARD - MASS. - REF. BY HAWTHORNE, MAY ("MINNE") (1878): Other Types

HAWTHORNE, ELISABETH - REFERENCE BY HAWTHORNE, MAY ("MINNE") (1878): Other Types

PEABODY, ELISABETH PALMER - REFERENCE BY HAWTHORNE, MAY "MINNE" (1878): Other Types

"CORNHILL MAGAZINE" - REFERENCE BY HAWTHORNE, MAY ("MINNE") (1878): Other Types

HAWTHORNE, JULIAN - CORRESPONDENCE TO BENNOCH, FRANCIS (1878): Other Types

BENNOCH, FRANCIS - CORRESPONDENCE FROM HAWTHORNE, JULIAN (1878): Other Types

HAWTHORNE, MAY ("MINNE") - REFERENCE BY HAWTHORNE, JULIAN (1878): Other Types

HAWTHORNE, UNA - ESTATE - REFERENCE BY HAWTHORNE, MAY ("MINNE") (1878): Other Types

"SEPTIMIUS: A ROMANCE" - NOVEL - REFERENCE BY HAWTHORNE, JULIAN (1878): Other Types

MANUSCRIPTS - HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL - REF. BY HAWTHORNE, JULIAN (1878): Other Types

FOLDING DESK - HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL - REF. BY HAWTHORNE, JULIAN (1878): Other Types

"SCARLET LETTER" - NOVEL - REFERENCE BY HAWTHORNE, JULIAN (1878): Other Types

"HOUSE OF SEVEN GABLES" - NOVEL - REFERENCE BY HAWTHORNE, JULIAN(1878): Other Types

ETRETAT - FRANCE - CORR. FROM THERE BY HAWTHORNE, MAY "MINNE" (1878): Other Types

ETRETAT - FRANCE - CORRESP. FROM THERE BY HAWTHORNE, JULIAN (1878): Other Types