Hawthorne-Mann family correspondence, 1853-1865 and n.d. (bulk 1864-1865).

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Hawthorne-Mann family correspondence, 1853-1865 and n.d. (bulk 1864-1865).

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Primarily letters to Mann from his family and the family of Nathaniel Hawthorne. Correspondents include Sophia Hawthorne, Rose Hawthorne, Una Hawthorne, brother George Mann, mother Mary Tyler Peabody Mann, and Elizabeth Peabody. Topics include family activities and travels, especially comments on Mann's descriptions of San Francisco and the Sandwich Islands [now the Hawaiian Islands]; Nathaniel Hawthorne's death and burial; Abraham Lincoln's death and burial; and opinions about Civil War events, battles, and personalities. Includes a letter from Elizabeth Peabody (n.d.) describing her two visits to President Lincoln and mentioning General Hitchcock's opinions about Lincoln and the Civil War. In addition, there is a carte-de-visite of Nathaniel Hawthorne. Acquired as part of the Alfred and Elizabeth Brand Collection of Rare Books and Manuscripts.

17 items (.2 linear ft.)

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7621152

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Alfred and Elizabeth Brand Collection of Rare Books and Manuscripts.

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Hawthorne, Sophia Peabody, 1809?-1871

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Mann, Horace, 1844-1868

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Mann was born in Boston in 1844, the eldest son of the well-known educator, Horace Mann. He received much of his education informally from his father and also studied zoology and botany with Asa Gray and Louis Agassiz at the Lawrence Scientific School. Mann specialized in Hawaiian plants, and prepared his thesis on this subject. It was published in the Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Science (1866), and Mann received his degree in 1867. He died a year later of tuberculosis, leavi...

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Hawthorne, Una, 1844-1877

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