New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-06-11
made in July. 1852, was paid with interest on the
9th of March. 1853. as the following note shows:

made in July. 1852, was paid with interest on the
9th of March. 1853 as the following note SHOWS:
NEwYoRK March 49, 1853
DEAR SIR: have yours OF the 9th inclosing Putnams
check for 800. making $40 In oil you aaye pa,a me- t
paid In ful aud this letter s 1ur receipt Il. or NAV
want any pay FOR my "seryces whatveI -, e ag
have been Consider your friend who Dshed 20 ee ~
Putnam
year later Thoreau renewed his subscription 10
THE WEEKLY TRIBUNE but the letter miscIreH'
In due time came this reply 10 third letter.
March s, 1854
DEAR STR: Ipresume your first letter CONTAINING me
81 robbed BY general mall robber OF Ne|-iiaNc
who has Just been 10 the states Prison Your aeco
letter mas probahy Ialed 70 receive V ughf
press OF business But viii make all right gu os ~
To have THE sEMIWEEKLi and shall order II sen t,
you year trial If you choose to write me ltt.tr
some time, very well II not, We viii be even WILL
ont that ,-
Thoreau want you to do something on n.y. grge9c
want You TO collect and arrange your " Mscelhi.Ss
and send them Put IN &" Ktaadn."" Carlyle, "A
publisher VINO will ring them ont al his own risk and
nope to your ultimate prOnt. II you nave any tnhS
new TO put with them very well; but let me navy
aDont l2mo volume whenever you get 10
the bank OF Fortune Yours, HORACE GkEELhi.
In reply Thoreau notified his friend of the early
publication Of " Walden and was thus met
March %, 1851
DEAR THoRE,U: am glad your " Walden p" is coming
OUT. sAal announce IL al once whether
or not am ID no hurry Low ABOUT your -nnr ar
take your time, select your tide, and prepare your or
tices deliberately and finally. Then, II IlcKnor WIN
give you something worth having, let MN INV l4i 7,
too IL prOhering IL 70 him gut your Market lrt IL
10 But take time. was Only IllhElH5
you were merely waiting ~nen YOU might oe uoilE VI
thing. referred twitnout naming YOU To your "ai
which I have lad ever go many audiences. This epi-
sode excited much interest. and have been repeateuy
asked who it Is that refer TO. Yours - ,,~
P. s--You must know Mss Elizabeth Hoar whereas
hardly do Now have offered to edit Margarets works,
and want OF Elizabeth letter memorandum Of per
reCOectOns Of Margaret aud Aer IDEAS eau Ou
ask her 10 write Il for me 20 IL 9'
10 tie request OF tnis postscript Thoreau attended
at once, but the "Mscellanies dWelt NOT Ia MS
mind, IL would seem. He lad now become deeply
concerned about slavery, was also pursuing DIS
studies concerning the Indians, ana had AiIe IN.
for the collects of his published papers; suV.t
note OF pTl - 1S5i closes this part OF the OreeIcy
correspondence thus:
DEAR THoREAU: Thank you for your kindness III the
" Margaret Pray take NJ further trouble IuO
any hing sould come Ia your way caleu ated 10 AeIp
me DO not forget. Yours, HORACE GkLEL[i.
In August, 1879, Mr.. Greeley wrote to sqsgGeis.
cshaiHstcr J;creic, The Reisoner, l47 tieetIst
LONDON. 10 Gerald Massey, office Of The Aers ia IL
burg.l and TO - Wills, esq, DickenSs HoHSch0a
u 0rds, adding:
There is a small class In England who ought
70 know what you have written, and icel tiIe
your publishers would throw away copies sent 20
these periodicals. especially n your week Oh the on
cord and Mrrrimae could accompany them. Chapman,
Editor cl lie Westminster expressed surpr1e th your
WHO rad rad or seen IT, II a edition should be
called lOr Try 10 have IL better known IL Europe Day
have few copies sent 70 those worthy oI H. al a..
In Harch. 1880 Mr. Greeley opened a CORE
spondence with lhoIeau, asking him to become the
tntor of las chill irrI ami To 1--we with hm. OF near
him. at Clappaqua. The proposition was hade IN
the most generous manner, and was Tor tlIne
considered by IhOrcau, VINO tell sense OF ooii2"-
ton As wei Is sincere friendship toward me lnah
y ho had believed IN hun and served him so REASON
ablvl III the years Of his Ob>curty. Bui II resulted
ia not hing further than brief Vl-lt 10 Mt rccIet
II the following autumn, during WINCH a. IuoIe,u
used 30 say. Ar. Alott aud MT Greeley went 10 the
opera tO-cther