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SD2189.  Diary Entry of Sophia Hawthorne

As published in The Brownings’ Correspondence, 25, 358–359 (in part).

Florence

Thursday 8th [July 1858]

This was a day when the Boboli gardens are open, and I took Rosebud there to stay as long as she liked. …

In the afternoon we took a barouche and drove out to Bellosguardo, (Papa, Una, baby and I) to see Miss Blagden and tell her about the Count’s Villa. She had had a letter from the Brownings, dated Marseilles, and they were pretty well and sent us an affectionate message. …

Publication: None traced.

Manuscript: Berg Collection.

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