BIB_ID
262732
Accession number
MA 920.15
Creator
Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862.
Display Date
Dec. Kal. Feb. AD. MDCCXL.1 [i.e., 1840 Jan. 21].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1909.
Description
1 item (4 p., with address) ; 25 cm
Notes
Includes a postscript from his mother, Cynthia Thoreau, to his sister, Sophia Thoreau.
Part of a collection of autograph poems, essays, and letters written by or to Thoreau. Items in the collection are described in 37 individual records (MA 920.1-37).
With a pencil note, nearly illegible, on the third page. The third page is also partially torn away.
With postmark and seal.
Part of a collection of autograph poems, essays, and letters written by or to Thoreau. Items in the collection are described in 37 individual records (MA 920.1-37).
With a pencil note, nearly illegible, on the third page. The third page is also partially torn away.
With postmark and seal.
Provenance
Stephen H. Wakeman; purchased by Pierpont Morgan from Dodd Livingston, 1909.
Summary
Describing a cold, snowy day; quoting Horace; inviting her to take a break from study and join him for some time in nature in the spring; saying he does not know the work of Bulwer [Bulwer-Lytton]; and recommending a work by [Charles] Rollin.
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