[DOC] [TLE] Henry David Thoreau Arrested For Nonpayment of Poll Tax  History ... [PAR] Jul 14, 2012 ... In July of 1846, while on his way to Concord to run an errand, Henry David 
Thoreau was arrested by the local sheriff for failure to pay a poll tax. ... The tax 
that Thoreau refused to pay was a local one, not connected to the ... Thoreau, 
who was living in his cabin at Walden pond at the time of the arrest, was... [DOC] [TLE] Henry Thoreau and 'Civil Disobedience' - The Thoreau Reader [PAR] [3] Thoreau declined to pay the tax and so, in July 1846, he was arrested and ... I 
did not wish to live what was not life, living is so dear; nor did I wish to ... 1846 
imprisonment for refusing to pay a poll tax that violated his conscience. ... [15] 
Prior to his arrest, Thoreau had lived a quiet, solitary life at Walden, an isolated 
pond in... [DOC] [TLE] Concord Jail : Mapping Thoreau Country [PAR] In July 1846, just over a year into his sojourn in Walden Woods, Thoreau was 
walking into town when he was ... He again recounted his arrest in Walden, 
which he also began to write while living at the Pond. ... He had, at this point, 
refused to pay his poll tax for approximately six years, which suggests that his 
non-payment... [DOC] [TLE] J! Archive - Show #2677, aired 1996-04-02 [PAR] Go Ba Soup, a specialty of this country, makes a sizzling sound when poured .... 
While living by Walden Pond in 1846, he was arrested for refusing to pay his... [DOC] [TLE] Resistance to Civil Government (1849), Henry David Thoreau [PAR] The United States went to war against Mexico in May 1846. That July, while living 
at Walden Pond, Thoreau refused to pay his poll tax as a protest ... As a result, 
the local constable arrested him, and he spent the night in the Concord jail. [DOC] [TLE] Mass Moments: Henry David Thoreau Spends Night in Jail [PAR] ...in 1846, Henry David Thoreau left his cabin at Walden Pond for a brief walk into 
town and ended up in the Concord jail for refusing to pay his poll tax. ... Henry 
David Thoreau was on an errand in town when he encountered Sam Staples, ... "I 
went to the woods," he wrote, "because I wished to live deliberately, to front only... [DOC] [TLE] Henry David Thoreau - Wikipedia [PAR] Henry David Thoreau was an American essayist, poet, philosopher, abolitionist, 
naturalist, tax .... According to legend, Thoreau refused to pay the five-dollar fee 
for a Harvard diploma. .... for refusal to pay his tax, Mr. Hoar's payment of mine 
when taken to prison for a similar ... Thoreau left Walden Pond on September 6, 
1847. [DOC] [TLE] Henry David Thoreau 18171862 - Lake Travis ISD [PAR] In 1845, he conducted his famous experiment, living simply and ... In 1846, he 
was arrested and spent a night in jail for refusing to pay a poll tax, an act of .... 
When first I took up my abode in the woods, that is, began to spend my nights as 
... Walden Pond and lived there for more than two years, writing and studying 
nature. [DOC] [TLE] Henry David Thoreau (Character) - Biography - IMDb [PAR] For a while he and John considered seeking their fortunes in California, but at 
last ... through almost every pore during his two years living with Emerson, 
though he would ... Thoreau stayed in the house at Walden Pond for two years, 
from July 1845 to ... 1846 Arrested and spent one night in jail for refusing to pay a 
poll tax. [DOC] [TLE] Henry David Thoreau and Civil Disobedience, Part 1 - The Future ... [PAR] Mar 1, 2005 ... I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the 
essential ... Nor did he approve of Thoreau's refusal to pay taxes. ... response to 
his 1846 imprisonment for

Question: While living by Walden Pond in 1846, he was arrested for refusing to pay his poll tax
Answer: Henry David Thoreau