Philadelphia, Penn. Ralph Waldo Emerson writes to his wife Lidian:
Where is Henry’s letter that I heard of, & how is he . . . Have J Munroe & Co sent their account? If so can you or can Henry decipher the result of it whether the balance is for me & if so, what (The Letters of Ralph Waldo Emerson, 3:134)?
Concord, Mass. Caroline Ward Sewall writes to her husband Edmund:
PM . . . I am invited to spend the day at Mr. Thoreau’s [John Thoreau Sr.] tomorrow. Henry has called, and I saw him at his father’s, and at Mr. Emerson’s [Ralph Waldo Emerson] where he said a little in the conversation. (transcript in The Thoreau Society Archives at the Thoreau Institute at Walden Woods; MS, private owner).
