SD2380. Nathaniel Hawthorne to Sophia Hawthorne

Published in The Brownings’ Correspondence, 28, 352 (in part).

31, Hertford st. London,

May 17th Thursday [1860].

Dearest,

Una must be tired of the monotony of receiving letters from me; and perhaps thou wilt be willing …

To-day, I have breakfasted with Fields, and met, among other people, Mr. Field Talfourd, who promised to send thee a photograph of his portrait of Mr. Browning.

Publication: The Centenary Edition of the Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne, ed. William Charvat et al. (Columbus, Ohio, 1962–97), 18, 284–286.

Manuscript: Huntington Library.

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