Daniel Ricketson writes in his journal:
Clear and fine, walked to Walden Pond with Mr. Thoreau, bathed; on our way called on Mr. [Ralph Waldo] Emerson; walked this P.M. with T. to Mr. Edmund Hosmer’s farm, Mr. H. with us from the post-office. Saw [William Ellery] Channing in the street, but no word between us, I not knowing how he would meet me if I addressed him. Took tea at Mrs. Brooke’s, returned to Mr. T.’s at 7 ½, walked alone on the hill beyond the bridge by the Wheeler farm, talked to T. till 9 ½. Clear, fine evening.
