Qualifies for in-house shipping---"District of Salem & Beverly." customs document, dated June 9, 1848, and signed "Nath. Hawthorne / Surveyor", 6" x 8"; customs document beneath a 6 1/2" x 5" black and white photo print of Hawthorne and the first page of "The Custom House", the introductory essay to Hawthorne's 1850 novel "The Scarlet Letter" (a semi-autobiographical preface where Hawthorne describes his time as a surveyor at the Salem Custom House (1846-1849), 6 1/2" x 5", metal label below all reading "NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE / 1804 - 1864 / Author"; photo print, introductory page and signed customs document each matted individually and under plexiglass in a painted black and gilt wood frame; 27" x 19 3/4" (Inv. 37)