Thoreau Family collection, 1828-1858.

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Thoreau Family collection, 1828-1858.

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Fifty-seven items once belonging to several members of the Thoreau family. Dated items range between 1828 and 1858; a significant proportion are undated. The collection includes: Cynthia Thoreau's copy of an antislavery newspaper (National Anti-Slavery Standard, September 30, 1854, containing an article on the Anthony Burns case); an antique trunk bearing Helen Thoreau's initials; fifteen items that may have once belonged to Henry Thoreau (a book of engraved plates to accompany volumes of the Cambridge Mathematics ; a printed plan--dated 1828--for the Boston and Providence Railway; two copies of a prospectus and four printed maps issued by the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge; a printed booklist dated July, 1858; Gale's 1832 printed map of Haverhill; Walling's 1852 printed map of Concord; and four rolled sheets of blank paper of the type used by Thoreau in drafting surveys); and Sophia Thoreau's printed and manuscript sheet music and related items--blank staffed sheets for copying music by hand and Graupner's piano instruction book--dating between 1833 and 1841.

Fifty-seven items (in one archival box and one oversize folder, with one item shelved separately)

Concord Free Public Library, Special Collection

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SNAC Resource ID: 7877919

Concord Free Public Library, Special Collection

Related Entities

There are 5 Entities related to this resource.

Thoreau, Cynthia D. (Cynthia Dunbar), 1787-1872

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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....

Thoreau, Helen L. (Helen Louisa), 1812-1849

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Teacher and antislavery activist of Concord, Mass. Sister of Henry David Thoreau. Born Oct. 22, 1812 to John and Cynthia Dunbar Thoreau. Began to keep school in 1829, teaching in Concord and elsewhere, sometimes with brother John, sometimes with sister Sophia. Involved in organized abolition efforts during 1830's and 1840's. Died in Concord of tuberculosis June 14, 1849. From the description of Helen Thoreau antislavery scrapbook, 1837-1843. (Concord Public Library). WorldCat record ...

Thoreau family.

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Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)--American author, lecturer, naturalist, student of Native American artifacts and life, land surveyor, pencil-maker, active opponent of slavery, social critic, and almost life-long resident of Concord, Massachusetts--was one of four children born to storekeeper and pencil-maker John Thoreau (1757-1859) and his wife, Cynthia (Dunbar) Thoreau (1787-1872), who were married in 1812. John and Cynthia Thoreau's other children were Helen (1812-1849), John (1815-1842), and...

Thoreau, Sophia E.

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