Collection of two letters related to Henry David Thoreau [Decimalized .01-.02]

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Collection Details

GLC#: GLC01751
Type: Header Record
Date: 1858-1869
Title: Collection of two letters related to Henry David Thoreau [Decimalized .01-.02]
Place Written: Concord, Massachusetts
Pagination: 2 items

Time Period

Primary time period: National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860

Sub-Era: Age of Jackson

People

Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862

Subjects

Travel

Literature and Language Arts

Poetry

Women's History

Showing 2 of 2 records

Collection Item

Autograph letter signed

to Daniel Ricketson

June 30, 1858

Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862

Thoreau writes to his good friend, a historian and poet, that he is about to take a trip to the White Mountains. He apologizes for not writing sooner. Muses on the nature of his friendships and refers to his "preaching" in the mode of Walden. "...

GLC01751.01

Collection Item

Autograph letter signed

to Daniel Ricketson

May 9, 1869

Thoreau, Sophia E., 1819-1876

Thoreau thanks him for sending a book of poetry, "The Autumn Sheaf." States that Mr. Emerson [Ralph Waldo] left it with her a week ago. Informs that she has been busy with housekeeping duties and is going to make a trip to Bangor for her health. She...

GLC01751.02

Collection of two letters related to Henry David Thoreau [Decimalized .01-.02]

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