Autograph letter signed : Salem, to Messrs. Ticknor & Co., 1850 Jan. 8.

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Autograph letter signed : Salem, to Messrs. Ticknor & Co., 1850 Jan. 8.

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Noting that he will send a copy of the as yet unnamed Scarlet Letter early next week, mentioning that he "cannot think of a name for the book, and fear[s] it must go to press without one," and that titling the work "has already cost [him] more perplexity than any fifty pages of the volume."

1 item (1 p.) ; 15.9 x 18.3 cm.

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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Ticknor, Reed & Fields

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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 ...