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  I observed in your paper of March 5th an advertisement for an Assistant Teacher in a Public Institution &c—As I expect to be released from my engagements here in a fortnight, I should be glad to hear further of the above—if the vacancy is not already filled.I was graduated at Cambridge in ’37, previous to which date had some experience in school-keeping—and have since been constantly engaged as an instructor—for the first year, as principal of the Academy here, and for the last two, as superintendant of the classical department alone.

  I refer you to Samuel Hoar esq., Rev. R. W. Emerson, or Dr. Josiah Bartlett, of this town, or to Pre^st Quincy of Harvard University.

Yrs. respectfully
Henry D. Thoreau

  3 P.M.—Down the railroad.

  Cloudy but springlike. When the frost comes out of the ground, there is a corresponding thawing of the man. The earth is now half bare. These March winds, which make the woods roar and fill the world with life and bustle, appear to wake up the trees out of their winter sleep and excite the sap to flow. I have no doubt they serve sonic such use, as well as to hasten the evaporation of the snow and water.

  Water is fast taking place of ice on the river and meadows, and morning and evening we begin to have some smooth water prospects . . .

  P.M.—To Great Meadows . . .

  Peter H. says that he saw gulls (?) and sheldrakes about a month ago, when the meadow was flooded . . .

  P.M.—To Andromeda Ponds.

  C. [William Ellery Channing] says he saw yesterday the slate-colored hawk with a white bar across tail,—meadow hawk, i. e. frog hawk. Probably finds moles and mice. An overcast and dark night.

  Your letter as usual was full of wisdom and has done me much good. Your visit here last fall did much to carry me well through the winter. I consider a visit from you a perfect benison, & hope that yon will get a good response for May. I must try to get a look at the old house during the spring,—I thank you for your kind invitation but I am already too much in debt to you. Should I visit Concord it must be in a way not to incommode your household I think I will set up a bed at once in the old house, to be kept as a kind of retreat for a few days at a time occasionally. I should have stated before that Channing and I have passed a word in relation to going to Concord together. So look out!

  I wish to know if you think my sketch of the Concord sage was right—if you received the paper.

  With kind remembrances to your family—Good night.

  I go to bed.

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  2 and 3 P.M.—Thermometer 41º . . . (Journal, 13:187-188).