Thoreau lectures on “The Wild” at the Spring Garden Institute.
Thoreau writes in his journal:
Philadelphia, Penn. The Philadelphia Public Ledger and Daily Transcript advertises:
Spring Garden Institute Lectures—The Second Lecture will be delivered on Tuesday Evening, 21st instant, at 7 1/2 o’clock, at the Institute Building, Broad and Spring Garden Sts., by Henry D. Thoreau, Esq. of Concord, Mass. Subject “The Wild.”