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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC01751.01 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1858 |
| Title | Henry David Thoreau to Daniel Ricketson regarding a trip to the white mountains and other matters |
| Date | 30 June 1858 |
| Author | Thoreau, Henry David (1817-1862) |
| Recipient | Ricketson, Daniel |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Writes to his good friend, a historian and poet, that he is about to take a trip to the White Mountains. Apologizes for not writing sooner. Muses on the nature of his friendships and refers to his "preaching" in the mode of Walden. " ... is it of any consequence to preach to an audience of men who can fail? - or who can be revived? ... If a man has speculated and failed, he will probably do these things again, in spite of you or me." Mentions his friendship with Channing [William Ellery] and states Channing visited and left a poem called "Near Home." Informs he went on an excursion with Blake, of Worcester, and mentions mutual acquaintances H. Scott and Watson. |
| Subjects | Travel Literature and Language Arts Reform Movement Poetry Transcendentalism Transcendentalism |
| People | Thoreau, Henry David (1817-1862) Ricketson, Daniel (1813-1898) Channing, William Ellery (1780-1842) |
| Place written | Concord, Massachusetts |
| Theme | Arts & Literature |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |