Autograph letter signed "Lou" : Concord, to Miss Sophia Foord, 1862 May 11.

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Autograph letter signed "Lou" : Concord, to Miss Sophia Foord, 1862 May 11.

Telling her of the death of Henry David Thoreau and describing his funeral services.

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