838. RALPH WALDO EMERSON (1803 - 1882) American poet and friend of Alcott, Thoreau and Hawthorne, he was the American advocate of transcendentalism. A.D.S., 1p, 7" x 3", Boston, May 2, 1850, being a receipt, in full: "Received of Ralph Haskins thirty three dollars, six months interest on Mrs. Ruth Emerson's note on the Lafayette Estate". Framed with a portrait engraving to an overall size of 12" x 15". Very good. Not examined out of frame. $400 - 500