Daughter recalls her mother's story of rejecting Thoreau's proposal : typescript, [1962?] / by Brooks Atkinson.

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Daughter recalls her mother's story of rejecting Thoreau's proposal : typescript, [1962?] / by Brooks Atkinson.

Piece is a typescript from the New York Times about an article published in the Massachusetts Review by Louise Osgood Koopman concerning proposal of marriage from Henry David Thoreau to Ellen Sewall, and her rejection of the proposal. Ellen Sewall was Louise Osgood Koopman's mother. Piece also discusses earlier proposal of marriage by John Thoreau, Henry's brother. This proposal was also rejected.

14 leaves ; 28 cm.

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Osgood, Ellen Devereux Sewall, 1822-1892

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Ellen Devereux (Sewall) Osgood was born on March 10, 1822, in Barnstable, Massachusetts, to Edmund Quincy and Caroline (Ward) Sewall. Edmund Sewall was a Unitarian minister in Scituate, Massachusetts, for seventeen years. In 1842, Ellen met Reverend Joseph Osgood, born on September 23, 1815, to Dr. Joseph Otis and Elizabeth (Fogg) Osgood in Kensington, New Hampshire. They married on May 20, 1844. Rev. Joseph Osgood, like Ellen’s father, was a Unitarian minister, who served fifty-five years as th...

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....

Atkinson, Brooks, 1894-1984

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Drama critic. From the description of Reminiscences of Justin Brooks Atkinson : lecture, [195-?]. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122631692 American drama critic educated at Harvard University, Atkinson became a literary editor of the New York Times in 1922 and served as the paper's dramatic critic from 1926 to 1960. From the description of Brooks Atkinson papers, 1925-1976. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 612378941 ...

Koopman, Louise Osgood.

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Thoreau, John, 1815-1842

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