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Was Thoreau ever in Madison?

Wisconsin Local History and Biography Articles
Source:
Wisconsin State Journal
Publication Date:
Jan 18, 1942

General Information

Name(s)
Muir, John 1838-1914; Emerson, Ralph Waldo 1803-1882; Thoreau, Henry David 1817-1862; Ripley, George; Foresman, Adelaide 1852-1936
Collection
Wisconsin Local History and Biography Articles
Wisconsin
State
Dane
County
Madison
Community

1940-1949
Decade

Wisconsin Local History and Biographical Articles (WLHBA) Collection

The Wisconsin Local History and Biographical Articles (WLHBA) Collection contains 16,000 digitized historical newspaper articles and clippings on notable Wisconsin people and communities. Most articles were published between 1860-1940.

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Attribution

For a credit line: Wisconsin Historical Society, Creator, Title, Unique Identifier. 

The Unique Identifier can be found at the top or bottom of the page for each item. The name of a downloaded file is NOT the unique identifier.

For bibliographic citations please consult the UW-Madison Libraries Citation Research Guide to ensure compliance with appropriate style guidelines.

 

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