Record ID:
103155
Accession number:
MA 3100
Credit:
Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Charles W. Engelhard, 1977.
Description:
1 item (86 p.), bound ; 19.4 cm
Notes:
Portions of text canceled with back ink X's.
Hawthorne began this notebook on May 28th 1835. After filling the notebook through the back paste-down, he returned to the front flyleaf, where the last two entries (dated 1840 and June 29th 1841) appear. A leaf has possibly been excised after the front fly-leaf.
Commonly referred to as Hawthorne's "lost notebook."
Part of the collection of Hawthorne's "American notebooks," which are described in four individual records.
Summary:
Describing excursions and recording observations and ideas for future stories and articles. Giving detailed accounts of his trips to Maine and the Berkshires in 1837 and 1838. Noting his weight in August, 1837, as 158 pounds.
Housed in:
Red and grey quarter leather drop-spine box (22.1 cm)
Provenance:
By descent to Sophia Hawthorne; Harriet Reynolds; by descent to her son Walter; by descent to Barbara S. Mouffe; purchased as the gift of Mrs. Charles W. Engelhard, 1977.
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