Autograph letter signed : Cambridge, to Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1837 June 25.

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Autograph letter signed : Cambridge, to Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1837 June 25.

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Discussing Henry David Thoreau's conduct at Harvard, and noting that while some instructors found him "indifferent ... to a degree that was faulty," he [Josiah Quincy] thought his "general conduct" was "very satisfactory" and attributes any "falling off" in his scholarship to "his ill-health rather than to willfullness."

1 item (2 p., with address) ; 24.7 cm.

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882

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Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803, Boston, Massachusetts– April 27, 1882, Concord, Massachusetts), American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, and poet who led the transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century.Epithet: American essayist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000621.0x000365 ...

Quincy, Josiah, 1772-1864

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Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts; United States and Massaschusetts legislator; and, President of Harvard University. From the description of Josiah Quincy letter, portrait and autograph, 1839-1889. (Boston College). WorldCat record id: 63118297 President of Harvard. From the description of Autograph note signed : [Cambridge, Mass.], addressed to the Rev. John Pierpont, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270616000 From the description of Autograph note ...

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....