A Guide to the Sara Josepha Hale Collection Hale, Sara Josepha. 7639-c

A Guide to the Sara Josepha Hale Collection

A Collection in the
Clifton Waller Barrett Library of American Literature
Accession number 7639-c


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Repository
University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept. Alderman Library University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia 22903 USA
Collection Number
7639-c
Title
Sara Josepha Hale Collection 1831 Feb 7
Extent
1 item
Creator
Location
Language
English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred Citation

Sara Josepha Hale Collection, Accession 7639-c, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

Acquisition Information

Purchase 1994 August 9

Funding Note

Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities

Significant Places Associated With the Collection

  • America
  • Boston
  • Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts

Item Listing

Letter
  • Sarah Josepha Hale (1788-1879), Boston , to Alonzo Lewis (1794-1861), Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts
    1831 Feb 7
    ALS, 2 p.

    [Approves whole-heartedly of the plan of his work, expresses her enjoyment of the first two numbers, and her intent to commend the whole work in the March issue of Ladies' Magazine , which she edits; and asks permission "to express my hope that you will continue your researches and labors in the annals of our country. We need such exertions. We must make our own country more especially the object of our literary efforts. And I rejoice to see men of talent and literature devoting their powers of genius and investigation to those early scenes and incidents which have had such astonishing results; and which are still operating mightily on the destiny not only of America , but of the whole world."]