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Letter from Henry David Thoreau, Concord, to Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1843 February 10 : autograph manuscript signed.

BIB_ID
443685
Accession number
MA 23805
Creator
Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862.
Display Date
Concord, Massachusetts, 1843 February 10.
Credit line
Purchased for The Dannie and Hettie Heineman Collection as the gift of the Heineman Foundation, 2022.
Description
1 item (4 pages, with address) ; 25.2 x 20.2 cm
Notes
Addressed to: "Ralph Waldo Emerson / New-York / NY."
This letter was enclosed and mailed with a letter Thoreau wrote to Emerson dated February 12, 1843.
Provenance
Purchased from Riverrun Books & Manuscripts, August 2022.
Summary
Describing an after-dinner scene involving Emerson's daughter Edith, his wife Lidian, and his mother Ruth; writing at length about Edith's language and expressions; adding "I am well and happy in your house here in Concord"; mentioning that he lectured that week.