A. Bronson Alcott writes in his journal:
I am in the village arranging about Henry’s funeral at the church. Mr. Emerson [Ralph Waldo Emerson] wishes to read an address on Henry, a brief sermon. Channing [William Ellery Channing] writes some verses, and I will read appropriate passages from Henry’s books. Mr. Reynolds [Grindall Reynolds] will pray and read from the scriptures; the verse will be sung by the choir.
(The Journals of Bronson Alcott, 347)
Ralph Waldo Emerson writes to James Thomas Fields:
My dear Sir,
Come tomorrow & bring Mrs Fields to my house. We will give you a very early dinner. Mr Channing is to write a hymn or dirge for the funeral, which is to be from the church, at 3 o’clock. I am to make an address, & probably Mr Alcott may say something.
Yours,
R. W. Emerson
(The Letters of Ralph Waldo Emerson, 5:272)
