The first snow.

December 4.

The first snow, four or five inches, this evening.

H. D. Thoreau, Journal, December 4, 1860

See December 4, 1859 ("Awake to winter, and snow two or three inches deep, the first of any consequence.") See also December 26, 1853 ("The first snow of any consequence thus far. It is about three inches deep.”); December 26, 1857 ("Snows all day, — first snow of any consequence, three or four inches in all."); January 13, 1853 ("A drifting snow-storm last night and to day, the first of consequence; and the first sleighing this winter.") and note to November 29, 1856 ("This is the first snow.”)

See also A Book of the Seasons,  by Henry Thoreau, December 4

A Book of the Seasons,  by Henry Thoreau

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