Autograph letter initialed from Henry David Thoreau, Concord, to Mrs. Lucy C. Brown, Plymouth [manuscript], 1843 January 24.

Autograph letter initialed from Henry David Thoreau, Concord, to Mrs. Lucy C. Brown, Plymouth [manuscript], 1843 January 24.

2 leaves ; 26 x 20 cm

Thoreau asks if she has read any noble verses nowadays and if she is coming to Concord again. He refers to Shakespeare: "I think the best parts of Shakespeare would only be enhanced by the most thrilling and affecting events." He also mentions borrowing a music-box from Mrs. Hawthorne. Letter initialed H.D.T. Addressed "Dear Friend." Contains minor pencil annotations, possibly in Emerson's hand.

Bifolium includes integral address leaf addressed to Mrs. Lucy C. Brown, Plymouth, Mass.

Thoreau, Henry David. Familiar letters of Henry David Thoreau / edited with an introduction and notes, by F.B. Sanborn. Boston : Houghton, Mifflin, 1894.

United States -- Massachusetts -- Concord.
United States -- Massachusetts -- Plymouth.

Y.c.1649

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