Autograph letter signed : Cambridge [Mass.], to Henry David Thoreau, 1854 June 27.

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Autograph letter signed : Cambridge [Mass.], to Henry David Thoreau, 1854 June 27.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270499003

Thanking him for the cicada and telling him he "should be very glad to get more specimens ... of both sexes."

1 item (1 p., with address) ; 25.1 cm.

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7181808

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Harris, Thaddeus William, 1795-1856

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Harris (Harvard, A.B. 1815; M.D. 1820) served as Librarian of Harvard, 1831-1856 and also lectured on natural history at Harvard, 1837-1842. He published about 100 articles on insects and insect-related diseases, compiled indexes to major works on entomology, and also wrote on squashes and pumpkins for the New England farmer. From the description of Papes of Thaddeus William Harris, 1818?-1852 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 40961354 ...

Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862

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Henry David Thoreau (b. July 12, 1817, Concord, Massachusetts-d. May 6, 1862, Concord, Massachusetts), American author, lecturer, naturalist, student of Native American artifacts and life, transcendentalist, land surveyor, and life-long resident of Concord, Massachusetts. He was an active opponent of slavery and a social critic. He graduated from Harvard College in 1837....