Thoreau writes in his journal:
I see on the Walden road that the wind through the wall is cutting through the drifts, leaving a portion adhering to the stones . . . I saw Patrick Riordan carrying home an armful of fagots from the woods to his shanty, on his shoulder.
Thoreau also writes to Marston Watson in reply to his letter of 15 February:
I have not yet seen Mr. [William Ellery] Channing, though I believe he is in town,—having decided to come to Plymouth myself,—but I will let him know that he is expected. Mr. [Daniel] Foster wishes me to say that he accepts your invitation, and that he would like to come Sunday after next; also that he would like to know before next Sunday whether you will expect him. I will take the Saturday afternoon train. I shall be glad to get a winter view of Plymouth Harbor, and to see where your garden lies under snow.
Concord, Mass. William Ellery Channing writes to Ralph Waldo Emerson:
Thoreau tells me that Frank Brown is going to Clarke’s Island near Plymouth to pass a year at farming (Studies in the American Renaissance, 1990, 197).
