Thoreau writes in his journal:
Abel Hosmer thought that the Salix alba roots might reach half a dozen rods into his field as big as your finger . . . (Journal, 9:368).
New Bedford, Mass. Daniel Ricketson responds to Thoreau’s May 13th letter, stating that he will visit Concord to look at the farm Thoreau mentioned (CS 8, no. 2 [June 1973]: 4).
