Henry David Thoreau collection, 1845-1973.

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Henry David Thoreau collection, 1845-1973.

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A collection of correspondence and commemorative items connected with the American writer and naturalist Henry David Thoreau. Included are photocopies of correspondence sent to Thoreau and a photocopy of an autographed letter dated March 16, 1849 by Thoreau to George A. Thatcher in Bangor, Maine. It is unknown where the original letters are located. The letters range in date from 1845 to 1862. Correspondents include George A. Bailey, Myron B. Benton, Ann E. Brown, M.M. Colburn, R.F. Fuller, Kennedy Fwolving, W. Gardner, John Sartain, E. Oakes Smith, Mary E. Stearns, D.W. Stevens, Horatio R. Stover, Mary Jennie Tappan, William B. Thomas, and C.S Wheeler . Included also is a photocopy of a letter to Mrs. Henry Wheelwright from Leonard F. Kleinfeld. Included also are commemorative Thoreau postage stamps issued on July 12, 1967; a mimeographed list of Thoreau stamp first day covers; 8 commemorative envelopes; 2 commemorative postcards of Thoreau and the Thoreau-Alcott house; an album of the commemorative stamps presented to Mary P. Sherwood in a ceremony at the Thoreau Lyceum, Concord, Massachusetts, July 12, 1967; and a program of the commemorative stamp ceremony.

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Raymond H. Fogler Library

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Smith, Elizabeth Oakes Prince, 1806-1893

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Sartain, John, 1808-1897

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Bailey, George A.

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Kleinfeld, Leonard F.

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Fuller, Richard F. (Richard Frederick), 1824-1869

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Fuller (A. B. 1844) was a Boston lawyer. He moved to Wayland, Mass. before 1860 and lived there until his death. From the description of Recollections of Richard F. Fuller : manuscript, 1860. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612843363 ...

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....