Henry D. Thoreau

Franklin Benjamin Sanborn, known as F. B. Sanborn, was a vital figure in the intellectual and literary circles of 19th-century America. Born on December 15, 1831, in Hampton Falls, New Hampshire, Sanborn became not only an influential social reformer and abolitionist but also a respected biographer and historian. His close relationships with prominent transcendentalists and radicals of his time gr...