Autograph letter signed : Concord, to Henry D. Thoreau, 1854 Jan. 1.

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Autograph letter signed : Concord, to Henry D. Thoreau, 1854 Jan. 1.

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Saying he meant to see him "but for delays that grew out of the snowbanks"; asking him to meet a Professor [Eben N.] Horsford and a Theodore Parker when they arrive in Concord to lecture at the Lyceum: "guide them to our house, & help the alarmed wife to entertain them."

1 item (4 p.) ; 19.9 cm.

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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