Letter from Ursula Sophia Newell Emerson to Nathaniel Bright Emerson, August 30, 1881. Mrs. Emerson responds to a letter written by her son Nathaniel. Her son, in a previous letter, conveyed the story of Princess Ruth Ke‘elikōlani stopping the 1881 lava flow that threatened the town of Hilo, Hawai‘i.

Collection: Emerson Collection
Call Number: MS Group 125 Box 2.5, no.33