Autograph letter signed : West Newton, to E.P. Whipple, 1852 May 2.

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Autograph letter signed : West Newton, to E.P. Whipple, 1852 May 2.

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Concerning the manuscript of Hawthorne's "The Blithedale Romance," referring to it as "a huge bundle of scribble, which [Whipple has] thoughtlessly promised to look over." Asking for advice on the naming the manuscript, noting that "'The Blithedale Romance'--that would do, in lack of a better."

1 item (2 p.) ; 22.4 cm.

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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