A page from Nathaniel and Sophia Hawthorne’s journal, with passages blacked out by Sophia
From the summer of 1842 through the fall of 1843, Nathaniel & Sophia Hawthorne kept a common journal of their daily lives in a notebook currently housed in the Pierpont Morgan Lib. Intended solely for their own eyes, the journal records the ordinary events & activities that occupied them as newlyweds: walks through the countryside around Concord, appraisals of their new home, encounters with neighbors (among them Emerson, Fuller, & Thoreau), descriptions of the weather & the changing seasons…
The journal is part of “The Diary: Three Centuries of Private Lives” exhibit at the Morgan Library in NYC. (Love that place–saw an incredible Saul Steinberg exhibit there on our honeymoon.) Hope to see this new exhibit when we’re back in NYC in March.
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