ALS: Sag Harbor, New York, 1893 Oct. 31.

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ALS: Sag Harbor, New York, 1893 Oct. 31.

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In this autograph letter, Hawthorne addresses Frederick A. Castle, the secretary of the Grolier Club (a New York City bibliophile society), and acknowledges the gift of one of the bronze portrait medallions of Nathaniel Hawthorne that club member Francis Lathrop had sent him. This portait medallion was modeled by Jean Désiré Ringel d'Illzach and struck by the club in 1892. A few copies were also issued in silver.

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Castle, Frederick A. (Frederick Albert), 1842-1902

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Frederick A. Castle interrupted his studies at the Bellevue Medical College in New York to join the newly-formed Medical Cadet Corps of the U.S. Army Medical Department in 1861. He also served for two years in the Navy before the Civil War ended. He received his M.D. from Bellevue Medical College in 1866. He occupied, for a time, the chair of therapeutics at Bellevue and also worked as a visiting physician at Presbyterian hospital. Castle was an active editor of medical journals throughout his c...

Grolier Club

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Ringel d'Illzach, Jean Désiré.

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Hawthorne, Julian, 1846-1934

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Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864

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Nathaniel Hawthorne, American author. From the description of Nathaniel Hawthorne manuscript material : 1 item, ca. 1853-1857 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 301761440 American author, writer of romances, stories, and juvenile works. Born July 4, 1804, in Salem, Mass.; died May, 1864, in Plymouth, N.H. Sometime resident of Concord, Mass. Graduated from Bowdoin College in 1825. Hawthorne's association with the Boston publishing firm of Ticknor and Fields began ...