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8 letterhead near Emersons At six o clock we got back from Walden to Young Emersons fatherinlaws place in Concord dined
with the family Emerson. Emersons son is very like his father rather tall, slender with his fathers sweet perennial smile.
Nothing could be more cordial loving than this reception of me. When we called at the house one of the interesting old colonial
ones, he was not in - we were received by his fatherinlaw a college mate of Thoreau who knew Thoreau all his life The old
man was sitting on the porch when we called, Johnson introduced himself asked if this was Judge Kyhe? etc The old gentleman
kept his seat seemed I thought a little cold careless in his manner. But when Johnson said This is Mr Muir he jumped up said
excitedly John Muir is this 01678 9 John Muir and seized me as if I were a long lost son. He declared he had known me
always that my name was a household now. Then he took us into the house, gave us refreshments cider etc introduced us to his
wife a charming old fashioned lady who also took me for a son Then we were guided about the town shown all the famous homes
places. But I must hurry on or I will be making a book of it. We went back to Boston that night on a late train though they
wanted to keep us - next day went to Prof Sargents grand place, Where we had a perfectly wonderful time several days. This
is the finest mansion grounds I ever saw. The house is about 200 feet long with immense verandas trimmed with huge flowers
vines, standing in the midst of fifty acres of lawns groves, wild woods of pine hemlock