Concord, Mass. Thoreau writes in his journal:
Portland, Maine. Josiah Pierce, Jr., writes to Thoreau:
You may perhaps believe that I am writing to you from Ireland and not from Portland, making a blunder even in the date of the letter, when you read that this is for the purpose of apologizing for and correcting another error—I intended and ought to have designated the evening of January 15th and not of January 8th or 10th, as that on which we hoped to hear a lecture from you.
With the wish that this newly appointed time, the fifteenth of January next, maybe equally acceptable to you,
I am With great respect, Yours truly
J. Pierce, Jr