8 February 1852. Concord, Mass. | The Walden Woods Project

8 February 1852. Concord, Mass.

Thoreau writes in his journal:

Mrs. Buttrick says that she has five cents for making a shirt, and that if she does her best she can make one a day . . .

Carried a new cloak to Johnny Riordan. I found that the shanty was warmed by the simple social relations of the Irish . . .

(Journal, 3:287-289)

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