Collection of materials by F.B. Sanborn relating primarily to W.E. Channing and his writings, 1891-1914.

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Collection of materials by F.B. Sanborn relating primarily to W.E. Channing and his writings, 1891-1914.

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Notes and letters, primarily carbon copy typescripts, concern circumstances of Channing, in old age residing with Sanborn, and Channing's reference to visits with Hawthorne in Salem (1847) and Concord (1864); visit to N.H. White Mountains (1836-1837); similarity of Hawthorne and Marston Watson; Dr. Peabody in old age; respect for Elizabeth Peabody; walks with Emerson and Thoreau to 'Sanguinetto' or Spanish Brook, Baker Farm, Conantum, and Walden Pond; Walden Pond's water level; the Biblical testaments. (Cont.) Town Library book and Byron, Goethe, Emerson, and Shelley; Theodore Parker (his relatives, literary executor, grave and memorial stone in Florence designed by William Wetmore Story); Mystery of Shakespeare; and notes in Channing's copies of Walden and the 'Week' (Thoreau's hut after its removal from Walden Pond site and picnic sites at Pond after the railroad, 1866). (Cont.) Sanborn writes a sketch about Channing, refutes a critical editorial about Channing; quotes Emerson's manuscript journal regarding Channing; and also writes of Kansas, John Brown, and about a critical biography of Brown by J.B. Villard.

15 items ; 32 cm. or smaller.

Concord Free Public Library, Special Collection

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Concord Free Public Library, Special Collection

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