1. Residence with the Emerson family

    · Ralph Waldo Emerson House, Concord, Massachusetts, United States

    Thoreau moved into Ralph Waldo Emerson's Concord household, where he worked as tutor, editorial assistant, repairman, and gardener. The source gives April 18, 1841; date is recorded to month precision because the card represents the beginning of a multiyear residence.

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