Thoreau writes in his journal:
P. M.—To Bare Hill. C. [William Ellery Channing] says he found Fair Haven frozen over last Friday, i.e. the 8th. I find Flint’s frozen to-day, and how long? . . . (Journal, 7:82).
Boston, Mass. A. Bronson Alcott writes in his journal:
I pass the morning and dine with Thoreau, who read me parts of his new Lecture lately read at Philadelphia and Providence (MS, Amos Bronson Alcott papers. Houghton Library, Harvard University).
