A disquisition : subject, Henry D. Thoreau : Cambridge : holograph / by Prescott Keyes, 1879 Apr. 14.

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A disquisition : subject, Henry D. Thoreau : Cambridge : holograph / by Prescott Keyes, 1879 Apr. 14.

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Biography of Henry David Thoreau, Keyes's fellow Concordian and Harvard graduate, and American author. Written for Harvard College commencement, 1879, but not selected for delivery. Issued by Keyes as a Christmas greeting, 1917.

1 item (14 leaves) ; 25 cm.

Concord Free Public Library, Special Collection

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Concord Free Public Library, Special Collection

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Keyes, Prescott

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Lawyer; district court judge; director, vice president, and president of Concord (Mass.) National Bank; trustee of Middlesex Institution for Savings; president of Middlesex Mutual Fire Insurance Company; resident of Concord and active member of local boards and committees. Born in Concord in 1858 to John Shepard and Martha Lawrence Prescott Keyes; died in Concord in 1943. Married Alice Reynolds (d. 1927) in 1881 and Grace Cahoon Boutwell (d. 1936) in 1928. From the description of Som...

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....