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HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel (1804-1864). Autograph letter signed ("Nath. Hawthorne") to [Henry Arthur] Bright, [London] 22 May n.y. [mid-1850s, possibly 1854]. 1 page, 8vo, framed with portrait, 560 x 350 mm over-all.
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HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel (1804-1864). Autograph letter signed ("Nath. Hawthorne") to [Henry Arthur] Bright, [London] 22 May n.y. [mid-1850s, possibly 1854]. 1 page, 8vo, framed with portrait, 560 x 350 mm over-all.
"THE HOUSE OF LORDS FINISHED ME." Henry Arthur Bright was a wealthy young Englishman with literary leanings, whom Hawthorne had first met in Concord in 1852; the two would form an abiding friendship. Hawthorne declines a social engagement because of fatigue: "...I have several engagements to-day, which will tire me still more. The House of Lords finished me, last night, though I did not stay till the end of the debate. I hope the [senescent?] old [word indecipherable] will do something or other to exasperate the nation and hasten their own downfall for such a body of dull speakers is a nuisance that ought...to be abated..."
"THE HOUSE OF LORDS FINISHED ME." Henry Arthur Bright was a wealthy young Englishman with literary leanings, whom Hawthorne had first met in Concord in 1852; the two would form an abiding friendship. Hawthorne declines a social engagement because of fatigue: "...I have several engagements to-day, which will tire me still more. The House of Lords finished me, last night, though I did not stay till the end of the debate. I hope the [senescent?] old [word indecipherable] will do something or other to exasperate the nation and hasten their own downfall for such a body of dull speakers is a nuisance that ought...to be abated..."