Ripley comments on his resignation from the Purchase Street church, and on the first issue of the Dial. 1s. (4 p.)

A description of the farm the Ripleys have settled at in West Roxbury. Quoted in The Idyll of Brook Farm, pp. 12-13. 1 s. (4 p.)

Ripley is glad that the publication of the Dial has caused such a great stir in the press. 1 s. (4 p.)

Peabody informs Dwight about some recent Transcendental Club meetings. 1 s. (4 p.)

Osgood saw Ripley in Boston and is excited by the plans for the proposed community. Quoted in The Idyll of Brook Farm, p. 14. 1 s. (4 p.)

Peabody tells about the first arrivals at Brook Farm, including Hawthorne. There will be a meeting at her house on 12 May to discuss the future of the community, especially the school, and to raise money. Quoted in The Idyll of Brook Farm, pp. 14-17. 2 s. (4 p.)

There are now sixteen people at Brook Farm. Daily activities are described. Quoted in The Idyll of Brook Farm, pp. 17-18. 3 s. (6 p.)

Peabody fears Brook Farm will not come of age unless Ripley is more active in publicizing it. Quoted in The Idyll of Brook Farm, pp. 18-19. 2 s. (4 p.)

Dwight has decided to quit preaching as a profession. 1 s. (3 p.)

Child asks about sending a recent widow, Caroline Henshaw Colt, to Brook Farm. (She was not admitted.) Quoted, with details about Mrs. Colt, in The Idyll of Brook Farm, pp. 22-25. 1 s. (4 p.)

Curtis already misses the people and culture at Brook Farm. 3 s. (6 p.)

Longfellow inquires about the membership rules and possibilities for schooling at Brook Farm. Quoted in The Idyll of Brook Farm, p. 28. 1 s. (4 p.)

List has read Dwight's letter to James Kay about the reorganization of Brook Farm along Fourierist lines and says he is fully in support of it. Quoted in The Idyll of Brook Farm, pp. 35-36. 1 s. (3 p.)

Osgood renews his subscription to the Harbinger and wishes the community well. Quoted in The Idyll of Brook Farm, p. 34. 1 s. (3 p.)

Brisbane comments on the progress of associationism. Quoted in The Idyll of Brook Farm, p. 31. 1 s. (4 p.)

Brisbane comments on the progress of associationism. 1 s. (2 p.)

Brisbane comments on the progress of associationism. 1 s. (4 p.)

Even if Brook Farm should fail, Channing feels the cause of unity will remain to unite people in a single reform movement. Quoted in The Idyll of Brook Farm, pp. 36. 1 s. (4 p.)

Bruce misses Brook Farm but keeps up on it by reading "The Harbinger". She has obtained seven new subscriptioons for the paper in Illinois. 1 s. (4 p.)

The Brook Farmers will meet with the creditors and holders of loans on the community to ask for a reduction in their interest rates. If this is not possible, then they will have to declare bankruptcy. Quoted in The Idyll of Brook Farm, p. 43. 1 s. (4 p.)