Original Documents Related to Nathaniel Hawthorne at Brook Farm and The Blithedale Romance

Books
Journals
Newspapers
Letters

Books

	Cover of Brook Farm by John Thomas Codman  (courtesy of The Boston Public Library.)
	Brook Farm in West Roxbury, MA, in 1846 Frontispiece from Brook Farm: Historic and Personal Memoirs by John Thomas Codman, published by Arena Publishing in Boston,MA in 1894 (courtesy of The Boston Public Library.)
	Brook Farm, West Roxbury, in 1846 Title page from Brook Farm: Historic and Personal Memoirs by John Thomas Codman, published by Arena Publishing in Boston,MA in 1894 (courtesy of The Boston Public Library.)

Journals

	Cover of The Dial July, 1843  (courtesy of Fruitlands Museum)
	First page of "The Great Lawsuit, Man vs. Men/Woman vs. Women," by Margaret Fuller, July 1843 in The Dial  (courtesy of Fruitlands Museum)
	from "Brook Farm" by George Willis Cooke in The New England Magazine, December, 1897  (courtesy of Terri Whitney)
	from "Brook Farm" by George Willis Cooke in The New England Magazine, December, 1897  (courtesy of Terri Whitney)
	from "Brook Farm" by George Willis Cooke in The New England Magazine, December, 1897  (courtesy of Terri Whitney)
	Brook Farm, redrawn from a sketch of the period of the community from "Brook Farm" by George Willis Cooke in The New England Magazine, December, 1897  (courtesy of Terri Whitney)
	from "Brook Farm" by George Willis Cooke in The New England Magazine, December, 1897  (courtesy of Terri Whitney)
	from "Brook Farm" by George Willis Cooke in The New England Magazine, December, 1897  (courtesy of Terri Whitney)
	from "Brook Farm" by George Willis Cooke in The New England Magazine, December, 1897  (courtesy of Terri Whitney)
	from "Brook Farm" by George Willis Cooke in The New England Magazine, December, 1897  (courtesy of Terri Whitney)
	from "Brook Farm" by George Willis Cooke in The New England Magazine, December, 1897  (courtesy of Terri Whitney)
	from "Brook Farm" by George Willis Cooke in The New England Magazine, December, 1897  (courtesy of Terri Whitney)
	from "Brook Farm" by George Willis Cooke in The New England Magazine, December, 1897  (courtesy of Terri Whitney)
	from "Brook Farm" by George Willis Cooke in The New England Magazine, December, 1897  (courtesy of Terri Whitney)
	from "Brook Farm" by George Willis Cooke in The New England Magazine, December, 1897  (courtesy of Terri Whitney)
	from "Brook Farm" by George Willis Cooke in The New England Magazine, December, 1897  (courtesy of Terri Whitney)
	from "Brook Farm" by George Willis Cooke in The New England Magazine, December, 1897  (courtesy of Terri Whitney)
	from "Brook Farm" by George Willis Cooke in The New England Magazine, December, 1897  (courtesy of Terri Whitney)
	from "Brook Farm" by George Willis Cooke in The New England Magazine, December, 1897  (courtesy of Terri Whitney)

Newspapers

	Masthead of Concord Freeman newspaper, July 11, 1845 This issue of the Concord Freeman contains the announcement of the suicide drowning of Martha Hunt (courtesy of Concord Free Public Library)
	Announcement of suicide drowning of Martha Hunt from Concord Freeman, July 11, 1845  (courtesy of Concord Free Public Library)

Letters

	Letter from George Ripley at Brook Farm to Minot Pratt, July 22, 1843, page 1 Letter begins, "My dear Friend" and describes the life at Brook Farm in 1843 (courtesy of Fruitlands Museum)
	Letter from George Ripley to Minot Pratt, July 22, 1843, last page Letter describes life at Brook Farm in 1843 (courtesy of Fruitlands Museum)
	Envelope of letter about life at Brook Farm from George Ripley to Minot Pratt, July 22, 1843  (courtesy of Fruitlands Museum)
	Letter from Hawthorne to George William Curtis, July 1852, p. 1 Mentions Blithedale Romance and describes the Wayside (courtesy of Fruitlands Museum)
	Letter from Hawthorne to George William Curtis, July 1852, p. 2 Mentions Blithedale Romance and describes the Wayside (courtesy of Fruitlands Museum)
	Letter from Hawthorne to George William Curtis, July 1852, p. 3 Mentions Blithedale Romance and describes the Wayside (courtesy of Fruitlands Museum)
	Transcription in Fruitlands Hawthorne collection of page 1 of Hawthorne's letter to George William Curtis, 1852 Letter begins, "My dear Howadji," (courtesy of Fruitlands Museum)
	Letter written by Hawthorne from Concord, October 8, 1862 which refers to "Uncle Abe" (Abraham Lincoln)  Letter begins, "My dear friend" (courtesy of Fruitlands Museum)
	Transcription of letter from Hawthorne on October 8, 1862 in Concord to "My dear friend."  (courtesy of Fruitlands Museum)