4pp. May 20, 1853. Concord [MA]. An ALS from Emerson to poet and historian, John Albee. With a signed one-page typescript, December 14, 1957, from Emersonian Kenneth Cameron on its editing. New Castle historian and poet, John Albee (1833-1915), spent several years as a Unitarian minister before writing the 1884 history of New Castle, New Hampshire. He wrote essays on Thoreau and Emerson, a few small collections of poetry, many dealing with local history, and was well respected by other writers of his time. Though largely forgotten in the greater canon, Albee corresponded with many of his contemporaries and kept a collection of letters.
Kenneth Walter Cameron (1908-2006) was an American Episcopal priest, educator, and archivist for the Diocese of Connecticut. A distinguished Emersonian, he was a leading authority on the American Transcendental movement and authored and edited numerous articles and books on Emerson, Thoreau, and their contemporaries.
This letter was a response written to Albee by Emerson, in which Emerson muses about writing and quotes the poem by John Keble, “I am glad you like the old books or rather glad that you (like the authors of the old things) have “Eyes that the beam celestial view which evermore all things anew.” In fine condition, reinforced at the fold.
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