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 464 FRIENDS AND FOLLOWERS. [1862.

that I am enjoying existence as much as ever, and regret nothing.

Yours truly,

HENRY D. THOREAU, by SOPHIA E. THOREAU.

He died May 6, 1862 ; his mother died March 12, 1872, and his sister Sophia, October, 1876. With the death of his aunt, Maria Thoreau, nearly twenty years after her beloved nephew, the last person of the name in America (or per haps in England) passed away.