Memoir : concerning Ralph Waldo Emerson : manuscript, [18--]

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Memoir : concerning Ralph Waldo Emerson : manuscript, [18--]

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Concerns Emerson lecturing at Providence (R.I) in 1837; Emerson conducting services and delivering a sermon at Farley's church to determine whether Emerson still wanted to be a pastor; and Farley's wife, Jane Sigourney, having been a pupil of Emerson when he was teaching at William Emerson's school. Also contains a transcript of a poem written by Emerson in Jane's childhood autograph album in 1820.

6 leaves ; 25 cm.

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Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882

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Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803, Boston, Massachusetts– April 27, 1882, Concord, Massachusetts), American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, and poet who led the transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century.Epithet: American essayist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000621.0x000365 ...

Farley, Jane Sigourney.

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Farley, Frederick A. (Frederick Augustus), 1800-1892

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Farley (A.B. 1818, Div. S. 1828) was pastor of the Church of the Savior in Brooklyn, N.Y. From the description of Memoir : concerning Ralph Waldo Emerson : manuscript, [18--] (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612884897 American clergyman. From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) : Brooklyn, to the Reverend John Pierpont, 1846 Jun. 24 and [no year] Dec. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270532912 Frederick Augustus Farley (1800-1892) r...