Autograph letter signed : Concord, to the friends of education, 1838 May 1.

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Autograph letter signed : Concord, to the friends of education, 1838 May 1.

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A letter written to "introduce to public notice, the bearer, Mr. David Henry Thoreau, as a Teacher in the higher branches of useful literature." Ripley lists Thoreau's qualifications and notes that his "scholarship and moral character will bear the strictest scrutiny."

1 item (1 p.) ; 24.7 cm.

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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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....

Ripley, Ezra, 1751-1841

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Unitarian minister. A.B. Harvard, 1776. Installed as minister of the First Parish in Concord, Mass. in 1778. Remained minister there for 63 years, until his death in 1841. From the description of Sermons, 1783-1837 (inclusive). (Harvard University, Divinity School Library). WorldCat record id: 122592368 Sermon delivered by Ripley--Unitarian clergyman, pastor of the First Church in Concord, Mass., step-grandfather of Ralph Waldo Emerson--on Nov. 16, 1828, to commemorate the f...