same time, and perhaps that your own health may be such as to be benefited by it.
Mr. Blake could not go, but invited Thoreau to spend a Sunday with him at Worcester on his way, which was done, as will be seen. He was really accompanied by Horace Mann,—the son of the educational reformer and statesman, who died in 1859. Mrs. Mann with her three sons came to reside in Concord soon after his death, and in 1860 bought and enlarged the house on Sudbury Street now occupied by Dr. Titcomb, where she was living early in 1861, when she wrote the following note to Thoreau, on the back of which he wrote notes of authorities for his Minnesota journey:
Dear Mr. Thoreau:—
Mrs. Josiah Quincy, a lady who reads and admires your books very much, is passing a few days with me. Will you come in and dine with us to-day? It will give her much pleasure to see you, and when you are tired of talking with ladies, Horace will be glad to have his promised visit, and
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