- GLC#
- GLC01751.02-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- May 9, 1869
- Author/Creator
- Thoreau, Sophia E., 1819-1876
- Title
- to Daniel Ricketson
- Place Written
- Concord, Massachusetts
- Pagination
- 2 p. : envelope Height: 16 cm, Width: 20.5 cm
- Language
- English
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- Reconstruction
Thoreau thanks him for sending a book of poetry, "The Autumn Sheaf." States that Mr. Emerson [Ralph Waldo] left it with her a week ago. Informs that she has been busy with housekeeping duties and is going to make a trip to Bangor for her health. She writes, "I sympathize with Walton's idea of migrating & as soon as my wings grow I shall be off." The letter is only dated May 9.
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