THOREAU BOOKS:

BOOKS FROM THE LIBRARIES OF HENRY DAVID THOREAU AND OF OTHER MEMBERS OF THE THOREAU FAMILY, 1776-1869

McKenney, Thomas Loraine (1785-1859).  Memoirs, official and personal; with sketches of travels among the northern and southern Indians; embracing a war excursion, and descriptions of scenes along the western borders.  By Thomas L. McKenney … Two volumes in one … (New York: Paine and Burgess, 1846).  Two volumes in one (340, 136 pages); plates.  (Title of Volume 2: On the origin, history, character, and the wrongs and rights of the Indians, with a plan for the preservation and happiness of the remnants of that persecuted race … )

Inscribed on front free endpaper: “From the author, as a / token of his high respect, & / friendly regards, to Miss / Fuller. / July 3/46.”  Inscribed beneath this, in Thoreau’s hand: “Henry D. Thoreau / from / W.E. Channing / Ap. 1857.”  Clipping (“The Cherokees and the President,” by George Lowrey, Acting Principal Chief, Cherokee Nation) tipped to back lining leaf.  Presented by Sophia E. Thoreau, 1874.  Bound in purple-bound cloth.  Accession no. 10415.

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Community Preservation funding for this project to conserve the CFPL's Thoreau Books Collection and to provide electronic access to annotated pages within the collection was approved by the citizens of the Town of Concord at Town Meeting in 2008.