Annie Keyes Bartlett letters to Edward Jarvis Bartlett, 1860-1865.

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Annie Keyes Bartlett letters to Edward Jarvis Bartlett, 1860-1865.

Letters, 1860-1865, describe events in the Bartlett family and the social life of young people in Concord during Ned's absences. Include references to the Emersons, the Alcotts, Sophia and Henry Thoreau (the 1860 Feb. 10 letter referring to Thoreau's lecture "Wild Apples"), F.B. Sanborn, the Manns, and the Hawthornes (the [1864] May 26 letter describing the funeral of Nathaniel Hawthorne). The 1865 Apr. 16 letter records Annie's response to Lincoln's assassination.

24 items ; 26 cm. or smaller + photocopy of each item.

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