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Fountain pen signature, “Nathl. Hawthorne, surveyor,” on an off-white 4 x 1.5 lightly-lined slip clipped from a larger document, most likely from the 1840s while Hawthorne worked at the Customs House in Salem, Massachusetts. Matted with a 2 x 3.5 carte-de-visite photo of Hawthorne by Warren’s of Boston, to an overall size of 8 x 10.5. Accompanied by an unsigned FDC with a silk cachet honoring Hawthorne. In fine condition. RRAuction COA.
