Autograph letter signed : Boston [England], to her daughter Una, 1857 May 27.

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Autograph letter signed : Boston [England], to her daughter Una, 1857 May 27.

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Noting that she put the wrong letters in her portefeuille and left "Mr. Bennock's letters of introduction to some gentlemen of Boston" at home; mentioning that Nathaniel Hawthorne secured a tour guide for them by meeting a man named Mr. Porter in a bookshop; reporting that Mr. Porter showed them a silk quilt "wrought by Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots, while she was imprisoned in Fotheringay Castle"; describing in detail the other "treasures" Mr. Porter exhibited, including drawings by "the great masters," missals, and a book belonging to Queen Elizabeth; remarking that Mrs. Porter made a reference to The Scarlet Letter but "made no other allusion to Papa's authorship"; describing their visit to St. Botolph's Church; telling Una that they are going on to Peterboro, Nottingham, and Matlock.

1 item (24 p.) : ill. ; 17.9 cm.

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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