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Letter from Annie Fields, 37 Charles St[reet], [Boston, Mass.], to Wil...

Annie Fields inquires about William Lloyd Garrison's hand after the fall he took on Sunday. Fields writes: "We were all very glad to see you but the accident dwells painfully in our memories." Courtesy of Bosto... More

Letter from Annie Fields, 148 Charles St[reet], Boston, [Mass.], to Wi...

Annie Fields apologizes for misinforming William Lloyd Garrison regarding the days that Charles Dickens is giving public readings. Fields elaborates: "The continuance of his cold together with fatigue of consec... More

Letter from Annie Fields, 148 Charles Street, Boston, [Mass.], to Will...

Annie Fields writes: "Will you accept with our sincere regard two tickets to hear Mr. Dickens next Thursday evening April 2d." Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Letter from Annie Fields, 148 Charles St[reet], Boston, [Mass.], to Wi...

Annie Fields apologizes for misinforming William Lloyd Garrison regarding the days that Charles Dickens is giving public readings. Fields elaborates: "The continuance of his cold together with fatigue of consec... More

Letter from Annie Fields, 148 Charles St[reet], Boston, [Mass.], to Wi...

Annie Fields apologizes for misinforming William Lloyd Garrison regarding the days that Charles Dickens is giving public readings. Fields elaborates: "The continuance of his cold together with fatigue of consec... More

Letter from Annie Fields, 148 Charles St[reet], Boston, [Mass.], to Wi...

Annie Fields apologizes for misinforming William Lloyd Garrison regarding the days that Charles Dickens is giving public readings. Fields elaborates: "The continuance of his cold together with fatigue of consec... More

Letter from Annie Fields, 148 Charles St[reet], [Boston, Mass.], to Wi...

Celia Thaxter incomplete autograph letter signed to Annie Fields

Writing about her concern for Ovidia. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Celia Thaxter incomplete autograph letter signed to [Annie Fields]

Celia Thaxter autograph letter signed to Annie Fields

Describing her condition after crash. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Celia Thaxter autograph letter signed to Annie Fields, [Boston]

Expressing regret over not feeling well enough to visit. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Celia Thaxter autograph letter signed to [Annie Fields], 20 Bimmer St,...

Explaining that her cold prevents her from visiting and hopes that she will be able to visit the next day and that James Fields is up to letting her see him. Plans to go to the Paines for a few days. Courtesy o... More

Celia Thaxter autograph letter signed to Annie Fields

Describing her health. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Celia Thaxter autograph letter signed to Annie Fields, [Boston]

Expressing regret over not feeling well enough to visit. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Celia Thaxter autograph letter signed to Annie Fields, Appledore, Isle...

Expects to be moored there while Mr. Thaxter and the younger boys are tramping in Florida. Praises the "Bee and Rose"; asks who wrote "Sea-Gulls" in the November Atlantic. Verso: Note in Mrs. Fields' hand assig... More

Celia Thaxter autograph letter signed to [Annie Fields]

Explaining that she was unable to visit the day before because she met with Dr. Hodges who told her that her stomach cramp was the result of fatigue. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Celia Thaxter autograph letter signed to [Sarah Orne Jewett and Annie ...

Sending two of her poems and asking if either is good enough to be published. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Celia Thaxter autograph note signed to [Annie Fields]

Writing to say that she will be away longer than she thought and asks that word to be sent to her. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Celia Thaxter incomplete autograph letter signed to [Annie Fields]

Celia Thaxter autograph letter signed to Annie Fields, [Boston]

Expressing regret over not feeling well enough to visit. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Celia Thaxter incomplete autograph letter signed to [Annie Fields]

Celia Thaxter autograph letter signed to [Sarah Orne Jewett and Annie ...

Sending two of her poems and asking if either is good enough to be published. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Celia Thaxter autograph letter signed to [Sarah Orne Jewett and Annie ...

Sending two of her poems and asking if either is good enough to be published. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Celia Thaxter autograph letter signed to Annie Fields, Newtonville [Ma...

Declines a luncheon invitation. Has concocted "a long melancholy sea ballad" but does not dare bother Mr. Fields since his retirement. May refer to "The Watch of Boon Island" printed in the Atlantic Monthly, Ma... More

Celia Thaxter autograph letter signed to Annie Fields, Newtonville [Ma...

Declines a luncheon invitation. Has concocted "a long melancholy sea ballad" but does not dare bother Mr. Fields since his retirement. May refer to "The Watch of Boon Island" printed in the Atlantic Monthly, Ma... More

Celia Thaxter autograph letter signed to Annie Fields, Newtonville [Ma...

Declines a luncheon invitation. Has concocted "a long melancholy sea ballad" but does not dare bother Mr. Fields since his retirement. May refer to "The Watch of Boon Island" printed in the Atlantic Monthly, Ma... More

Celia Thaxter autograph letter signed to Annie Fields, [Newtonville, M...

Her maid has disappeared; is "imbruted" with hard work but [Mr. Thaxter] is quite genial and human. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Celia Thaxter autograph letter signed to Annie Fields, [Newtonville, M...

Her maid has disappeared; is "imbruted" with hard work but [Mr. Thaxter] is quite genial and human. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Celia Thaxter autograph letter signed to Annie Fields, Shoals, [N.H.],...

Giving the boat schedule for Shoals and is worried about how James Fields will get to the island. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Celia Thaxter autograph letter signed to Annie Fields, Newtonville, [M...

Insists no one can alter her feelings for Chopin; her whole spirit rises up against him. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Celia Thaxter incomplete autograph letter signed to [Annie Fields, app...

Refers to Howells and her sonnets, and to her getting "a perfect Birman wood of house plants." Incomplete, mutilated. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Celia Thaxter autograph letter signed to Annie Fields, [Newtonville, M...

Her maid has disappeared; is "imbruted" with hard work but [Mr. Thaxter] is quite genial and human. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Celia Thaxter autograph letter signed to [Annie Fields, Newtonville, M...

The maid and her little girl have not returned; finds she is subject to drunken fits. Is rearranging the papers on the Shoals for Osgood. Directs Mrs. Fields to California Street. Dated "Monday noon." Refers to... More

Celia Thaxter autograph letter signed to Annie Fields, [Newtonville, M...

Her maid has disappeared; is "imbruted" with hard work but [Mr. Thaxter] is quite genial and human. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Celia Thaxter autograph letter signed to [Annie Fields, Newtonville, M...

Her woman has returned; she had several teeth out and was sick from the ether. Dated "Monday evening." Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Celia Thaxter autograph letter signed to Annie Fields, [Newtonville, M...

Her maid has disappeared; is "imbruted" with hard work but [Mr. Thaxter] is quite genial and human. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Celia Thaxter autograph letter signed to [Annie Fields], N[ewton]ville...

About Karl's dismay after some boys had torn down his decorations in his beloved chapel. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Celia Thaxter autograph letter signed to Annie Fields, Newtonville, [M...

Sends ["Footprints in the Sand"]. Only necessity makes her submit it to Howells. Atlantic Monthly, June, 1872, p. 694. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Celia Thaxter autograph letter signed to Annie Fields, Newtonville, [M...

About the drudgery of housework. Scribner's has asked her to write for them; paid her $30 for "Guendolen." Quotes a remark of William Hunt's. Scribner's Monthly, November 1872, p. 78. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Celia Thaxter autograph letter signed to Annie Fields, [Newtonville, M...

Her maid has disappeared; is "imbruted" with hard work but [Mr. Thaxter] is quite genial and human. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Celia Thaxter autograph letter signed to Annie Fields, [Newtonville, M...

Writes of her dependence on the criticism of others. Knows the last lines of "Mozart" are flat. "Whirled" will express her meaning. Considers Chopin unwholesome "like a condensed French novel." Signed "C.T." Da... More

Celia Thaxter autograph letter signed to Annie Fields, Newtonville, [M...

Apologizes for not answering a note. Plans to go to "her island" next week. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Celia Thaxter autograph letter signed to Annie Fields, [Newtonville, M...

Her maid has disappeared; is "imbruted" with hard work but [Mr. Thaxter] is quite genial and human. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Celia Thaxter autograph letter signed to Annie Fields, Shoals, [N.H.],...

Sends a poem composed when the wind was howling "its dreariest." Cannot leave until her mother is about; inquires, in a postscript, about the Hunts. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Celia Thaxter autograph letter signed to Annie Fields, Shoals, [N.H.],...

Criticizes Mrs. Fields' "little poem" (no title given); mentions her own sales. Mr. Whittier has made "quite a little visit" and Mr. Hunt has arrived. [Ellen] Robbins is coming to paint; altogether there are 45... More

Celia Thaxter autograph letter signed to [Annie Fields], Shoals, [N.H....

Feels it is no use to fret over "the long drawn out affair." [the Hunts?] Has written to Loo. Quotes Annie Eichberg's praise of Mr. Fields' lecture. Signed "Celia T." Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Celia Thaxter autograph letter signed to Annie Fields, Shoals, [N.H.],...

Describes the murders of Karen and Anethe Christensen [committed by Louis Wagner]. A similar letter, dated March 11, 1873, is printed in Letters of Celia Thaxter, p. 45-49. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Celia Thaxter autograph letter signed to Annie Fields, Shoals, [N.H.],...

Thinks Mrs. Fields' poem is "truly beautiful." Speaks of Mr. Thaxter's forebodings of an early death. Includes in a postscript that there is still no compensation for "Childlife." Refers to "Child-life at the I... More

Celia Thaxter autograph letter signed to Annie Fields, Shoals, [N.H.],...

Her mother's hold on life is precarious; fears we pay a price for all "passionate living." Encloses two sonnets. Is delighted to hear about the Manchester place. Hopes to get home with Karl and back. Courtesy o... More

Celia Thaxter autograph letter signed to Annie Fields, Newtonville, [M...

Thanks her for a number of gifts. Cannot go to Rubinstein's concert. Has been asked by Scribner's to contribute to a new children's magazine [St. Nicholas?]. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Celia Thaxter autograph letter signed to Annie Fields, Shoals, [N.H.],...

Found her mother better. Conveys her thanks for the "nectar." Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Celia Thaxter autograph letter signed to Annie Fields, Shoals, [N.H.],...

Brought little Esther Albee back from Newcastle with her. Finds Julius Eichberg a continual surprise. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Celia Thaxter autograph letter signed to [Annie Fields], Shoals, [N.H....

Has been ill from a drenching in an open boat. Prevented Loo [Hunt] from telling her story to Minnie Pratt. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Celia Thaxter autograph letter signed to Annie Fields, Shoals, [N.H.],...

Brought little Esther Albee back from Newcastle with her. Finds Julius Eichberg a continual surprise. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Celia Thaxter autograph letter signed to Annie Fields, Shoals, [N.H.],...

Describes her Portsmouth visit. Saw parchment manuscripts signed by Ferdinando Gorges, etc. "Fell hopelessly in love with Kittery Point." Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Celia Thaxter autograph letter signed to Annie Fields, Shoals, [N.H.],...

Describes her Portsmouth visit. Saw parchment manuscripts signed by Ferdinando Gorges, etc. "Fell hopelessly in love with Kittery Point." Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Celia Thaxter autograph note signed to Annie Fields, Shoals, [N.H]., 1...

Referring to Mr. Whittier "coming here to be with you." Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Celia Thaxter autograph letter signed to Annie Fields, Shoals, [N.H.],...

Insists it was a Prussian who murdered Karen and Anethe Christensen. Ivan "is quite crushed dumb." Thora Ingebretsen is ill with typhoid. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Celia Thaxter autograph letter signed to Annie Fields, Newtonville, [M...

Cannot get in to see Mrs. Leonowen (?). Can stay only from Friday to Sunday. Suggests she come out Thursday. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Celia Thaxter autograph letter signed to Annie Fields, Shoals, [N.H.],...

Brought little Esther Albee back from Newcastle with her. Finds Julius Eichberg a continual surprise. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Celia Thaxter incomplete autograph letter signed to Annie Fields, Shoa...

Is pleased with the format of Among the Isles of Shoals. Thinks of going home but knows the family is comfortably cared for. Criticizes [ . . .] by Mrs. Fields because of the obscurity of the last two thirds. I... More

Celia Thaxter autograph letter signed to [Annie Fields], Shoals, [N.H....

Has been ill from a drenching in an open boat. Prevented Loo [Hunt] from telling her story to Minnie Pratt. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Celia Thaxter autograph letter signed to Annie Fields, Newtonville, [M...

Cannot get in to see Mrs. Leonowen (?). Can stay only from Friday to Sunday. Suggests she come out Thursday. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Celia Thaxter autograph letter signed to [Annie Fields], Shoals, [N.H....

Referring to a poem sent to "The Independent with all its imperfections on its head . . ." Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Celia Thaxter autograph letter signed to Annie Fields, Shoals, [N.H.],...

Has received no check from Mr. Howells for "Childlife." Wonders if she should send the [biographical] details [requested by M. Laird Simons]. Refers to "Child-life at the Isles of Shoals" in Atlantic Monthly, M... More

Celia Thaxter autograph letter signed to [Annie Fields], Shoals, [N.H....

Has been ill from a drenching in an open boat. Prevented Loo [Hunt] from telling her story to Minnie Pratt. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Celia Thaxter autograph letter signed to Annie Fields, Shoals, [N.H.],...

Found her mother better. Conveys her thanks for the "nectar." Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Celia Thaxter autograph letter signed to Annie Fields, Shoals, [N.H.],...

Has finished ["In Kittery Churchyard"]. Howells returned her "Secret." Must look forward to "twenty weeks of living hurricanes." Describes the sunny plant-room and the laughing parrot. Atlantic Monthly, January... More

Celia Thaxter autograph letter signed to [Annie Fields], Shoals, [N.H....

Has been ill from a drenching in an open boat. Prevented Loo [Hunt] from telling her story to Minnie Pratt. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Celia Thaxter autograph letter signed to Annie Fields, Shoals, [N.H.],...

Wonders where to hawk her wares next. Thanks her for the heliotypes. Addition to the letter written from Portsmouth, Sunday evening where she adds that she sends "The Pimpernel." Atlantic Monthly, August 1873, ... More

Celia Thaxter autograph letter signed to Annie Fields, Shoals, [N.H.],...

Describes her Portsmouth visit. Saw parchment manuscripts signed by Ferdinando Gorges, etc. "Fell hopelessly in love with Kittery Point." Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Celia Thaxter autograph note signed to [Annie Fields, Portsmouth? N.H....

About the cover of her book [Among the Isles of Shoals] sent to her by the publisher, Osgood. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Celia Thaxter autograph letter signed to Annie Fields, Shoals, [N.H.],...

Her mother has been very ill; does not know when she herself will return. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Celia Thaxter autograph letter signed to Annie Fields, Newtonville, [M...

Speaks of Whittier's delight at the dedication of Bayard Taylor's Lars; of his remonstrances about the preface [to Among the Isles of Shoals]. Is enchanted with Mrs. Fields' poem on the shadows. Courtesy of Bos... More

Celia Thaxter autograph letter signed to [Annie Fields], Shoals, [N.H....

Has been ill from a drenching in an open boat. Prevented Loo [Hunt] from telling her story to Minnie Pratt. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Celia Thaxter autograph letter signed to Annie Fields, Newtonville, [M...

Cannot get in to see Mrs. Leonowen (?). Can stay only from Friday to Sunday. Suggests she come out Thursday. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Celia Thaxter autograph letter signed to [Annie Fields, Shoals, N.H., ...

About her difference of opinion with Emerson concerning Channing, Shelley and Whitman. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Celia Thaxter incomplete autograph letter signed to Annie Fields, Shoa...

Is pleased with the format of Among the Isles of Shoals. Thinks of going home but knows the family is comfortably cared for. Criticizes [ . . .] by Mrs. Fields because of the obscurity of the last two thirds. I... More

Celia Thaxter autograph note signed to [Annie Fields, Portsmouth? N.H....

About the cover of her book [Among the Isles of Shoals] sent to her by the publisher, Osgood. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Celia Thaxter autograph letter signed to Annie Fields, Shoals, [N.H.],...

Has finished ["In Kittery Churchyard"]. Howells returned her "Secret." Must look forward to "twenty weeks of living hurricanes." Describes the sunny plant-room and the laughing parrot. Atlantic Monthly, January... More

Celia Thaxter autograph letter signed to Annie Fields, Shoals, [N.H.],...

Describes her Portsmouth visit. Saw parchment manuscripts signed by Ferdinando Gorges, etc. "Fell hopelessly in love with Kittery Point." Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Celia Thaxter autograph letter signed to Annie Fields, Shoals, [N.H.],...

Found her mother better. Conveys her thanks for the "nectar." Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Celia Thaxter autograph letter signed to Annie Fields, Shoals, [N.H.],...

Did not like "The Pimpernel" herself; thinks she is getting "too spooney." Does not wish Mr. Thaxter to know about her correspondence with [Michael Laird Simons?]. Still no check for "Childlife." v. Atlantic Mo... More

Celia Thaxter autograph letter signed to [Annie Fields], Shoals, [N.H....

Has been ill from a drenching in an open boat. Prevented Loo [Hunt] from telling her story to Minnie Pratt. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Celia Thaxter incomplete autograph letter signed to Annie Fields, Shoa...

Is pleased with the format of Among the Isles of Shoals. Thinks of going home but knows the family is comfortably cared for. Criticizes [ . . .] by Mrs. Fields because of the obscurity of the last two thirds. I... More

Celia Thaxter autograph letter signed to [Annie Fields], Shoals, [N.H....

Considers [William Ellery, 1818-1901] Channing "a drivelling idiot almost." Suggests she take Esther Albee this winter. Recommends Mr. Eichberg to her care while his wife and daughter are in Europe. Is doubtful... More

Celia Thaxter autograph letter signed to Annie Fields, Shoals, [N.H.],...

Has finished ["In Kittery Churchyard"]. Howells returned her "Secret." Must look forward to "twenty weeks of living hurricanes." Describes the sunny plant-room and the laughing parrot. Atlantic Monthly, January... More

Celia Thaxter autograph letter signed to Annie Fields, Shoals, [N.H.],...

Has finished ["In Kittery Churchyard"]. Howells returned her "Secret." Must look forward to "twenty weeks of living hurricanes." Describes the sunny plant-room and the laughing parrot. Atlantic Monthly, January... More

Celia Thaxter autograph letter signed to Annie Fields, Shoals, [N.H.],...

Feels she must remain until her mother is persuaded to go with her. Hears Whittier has made a poem about "that lovely time he was here with us all." (Whittier poem for Atlantic.) Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Celia Thaxter autograph letter signed to [Annie Fields], Shoals, [N.H....

Has been ill from a drenching in an open boat. Prevented Loo [Hunt] from telling her story to Minnie Pratt. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Celia Thaxter incomplete autograph letter signed to Annie Fields, Shoa...

Is pleased with the format of Among the Isles of Shoals. Thinks of going home but knows the family is comfortably cared for. Criticizes [ . . .] by Mrs. Fields because of the obscurity of the last two thirds. I... More

Celia Thaxter autograph letter signed to Annie Fields, Shoals, [N.H.],...

Her mother seems to have an attack of ague; is often completely delirious. [Tuesday night.] Thanks her for a Harper's. Has had a tremendous storm. Is bound to Boston to get medicines for her mother. Courtesy of... More

Celia Thaxter autograph note signed to [Annie Fields, Portsmouth? N.H....

About the cover of her book [Among the Isles of Shoals] sent to her by the publisher, Osgood. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Celia Thaxter autograph letter signed to [Annie Fields], Shoals, [N.H....

Has been ill from a drenching in an open boat. Prevented Loo [Hunt] from telling her story to Minnie Pratt. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Celia Thaxter autograph letter signed to Annie Fields, Newtonville, [M...

Cannot get in to see Mrs. Leonowen (?). Can stay only from Friday to Sunday. Suggests she come out Thursday. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Celia Thaxter incomplete autograph letter signed to Annie Fields, Shoa...

Is pleased with the format of Among the Isles of Shoals. Thinks of going home but knows the family is comfortably cared for. Criticizes [ . . .] by Mrs. Fields because of the obscurity of the last two thirds. I... More

Celia Thaxter incomplete autograph letter signed to Annie Fields, Shoa...

Is pleased with the format of Among the Isles of Shoals. Thinks of going home but knows the family is comfortably cared for. Criticizes [ . . .] by Mrs. Fields because of the obscurity of the last two thirds. I... More

Celia Thaxter autograph letter signed to Annie Fields, Shoals, [N.H.],...

Describes her Portsmouth visit. Saw parchment manuscripts signed by Ferdinando Gorges, etc. "Fell hopelessly in love with Kittery Point." Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Celia Thaxter autograph letter signed to Annie Fields, Shoals, [N.H.],...

Sends her a pair of bracelets made of snail-shells. They have had a "preposterous snow-storm . . ." Is going landward with Jorge Edvardt Ingebertsen. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Celia Thaxter autograph letter signed to [James and Annie Fields], Sho...

Intends to send Michael Laird Simons just a few biographical details. Hopes to see the Fields over the 4th. Thinks it would be well to have the pictures in Among the Isles of Shoals rightly named. Courtesy of B... More