Subscription for Herbarium
Title
Subscription for Herbarium
Subject
Concord Library
Description
Horace Mann, Jr. (1844-1868), a student at Frank Sanborn’s school in Concord, was a son of Horace and Mary Peabody Mann. Young Mann was a proficient naturalist who consulted with Thoreau about animal and bird identification. When Thoreau traveled to Minnesota in 1861 in an attempt to improve his failing health, Mann accompanied him.
In 1866, Emerson initiated a subscription to fund Mann’s preparation of a herbarium for the Concord Town Library. Subscribers included Emerson himself, George Keyes, John Shepard Keyes, Frederic Hudson, E.R. Hoar, William Munroe, Albert Stacy, Frank Sanborn, William Emerson, George P. Bradford, A.B. Warren, and George Brooks.
In 1866, Emerson initiated a subscription to fund Mann’s preparation of a herbarium for the Concord Town Library. Subscribers included Emerson himself, George Keyes, John Shepard Keyes, Frederic Hudson, E.R. Hoar, William Munroe, Albert Stacy, Frank Sanborn, William Emerson, George P. Bradford, A.B. Warren, and George Brooks.
Rights
All materials courtesy of the William Munroe Special Collections at the Concord Free Public Library
Creator
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Publisher
Concord Free Public Library
Date
1866
Original Format
Letter
Collection
Citation
Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Subscription for Herbarium,” William Munroe Special Collections at the Concord Free Public Library, accessed May 31, 2025, https://mail.sc.concordlibrary.org/items/show/2058.