the Thoreau Log.
14 January 1842.

Boston, Mass. Ralph Waldo Emerson writes to his brother William:

We are all well at home all saddened by a tragedy that befel our neighboring Thoreau family this week in the death of John Thoreau Jr by lockjaw. He was Henry’s elder brother. (The Letters of Ralph Waldo Emerson, 3:3).

Concord, Mass. The Concord Freeman reports the death of John Thoreau Jr.:

  In this town, on Tuesday last, suddenly of the lock jaw, Mr JOHN THOREAU, Jr., aged 27 (Concord Freeman, 14 January 1842:3).

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