28 November 1859, Tuesday
Concord, Massachusetts; Town Hall
[Remarks about John Brown?]

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        Bronson Alcott wrote in his diary on this date, "Evening, at Town Hall. A meeting called there to make arrangements for celebrating by appropriate services that day of Capt. Brown’s execution. Simon Brown, Dr. Bartlett, Keyes, Emerson, and Thoreau address the meeting. . ." (Alcott, Journals, p. 322). Very likely Thoreau’s remarks, as well as those of the other four speakers at this meeting, were not prepared in advance and thus would not constitute a lecture.