Emerson cultivated a circle of like-minded friends who were also philosophers and freethinkers. Henry David Thoreau was born 2.4 miles east of Concord center at his grandmother's home at . The farmhouse is open for tours on weekends from May to October, but the Concord Museum has many more Thoreau artifacts, including his writing desk.
Thoreau Farm
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