Manuscripts written by Sophia Peabody Hawthorne

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1. Miscellaneous manuscript material: letter scraps (Cuba journal); envelopes; death of a son.
2. "All Honor to Concord." Holograph poem. Unsigned, undated.
3. Copy in SAPH's hand of portion of a letter from Florence De Quincey to a friend, about Nathaniel Hawthorne. Unsigned, undated.
4. Copy in SAPH's hand of Plato's Phaedo, unknown translation. Unsigned, undated.
5. Close translations of Song of Moses (Deut. 32) and Psalms 29 and 34, in SAPH's hand. Unsigned, undated.
6. Description of a dream. Unsigned, undated.
7. Essays of unknown authorship (possibly copies), one relating to the prayer of nations, the other to "the tree of life." Unsigned, undated.
8. "God granteth not to man a richer boon." Unsigned, undated.
9. An Irrepressible Critique [of Mr Farrer, painter]. Holograph, undated.
10. Michaelangelo, The Cartoon of Pisa & The Sistine Chapel. Holograph, unsigned, undated.
11. Miscellaneous holograph pieces: portions of essays, stories, notes. Unsigned.
12. Notes, an extract from Roman Journal, "Reflections on M[argaret] Fuller [Ossoli]". Nathaniel Hawthorne in hand of SAPH.
13. Notes on Solomon's temple. Holograph, unsigned, undated [note "after 1864"].
14. Notes on use of color in painting. Holograph, unsigned, undated.
15. "Of St Matthew's Gospel" from Michaëlis, Introduction to the New Testament. Holograph, unsigned, undated fragment.
16. [Reflections], Commonplace extracts and original. Holograph, unsigned, undated notes.
17. [Remembrance of a visit to her grandmother], in fictional form. Holograph, unsigned, undated fragment.
18. 11 Riddles/rebuses. Holograph, with original pencil drawings, tied together to form booklet. Unsigned, undated.
19. "The Seraph & the Dove." Holograph poem. Unsigned, undated.
20. "A series of irregular jets from a fount hight Castaly aimed at a poor Robin." Holograph poem, unsigned, undated, and earlier draft.
21. "Should you know the whole Bible..." Holograph sentences on humility and vanity of knowledge, unsigned, undated.
22. [Socrates' death] from the Phaedo. Holograph of French translation, part copied and part translated into English.