Mr. Bradford was very fond of the old town, and Mr. Emerson had no friend who was a more welcome or frequent guest than George Bradford, who came to look after the vegetable garden and to trim the trees, and in long walks to Walden Pond or Fairhaven Hill to discuss with his host philosophy and poetry and life.
"Early Letters of George Wm. Curtis"
G. W. Curtis, ed. George Willis Cooke
He became lonely, now and then, and paid a brief visit to New York, or to Mr. Rogers in Fairhaven, but he always returned gladly, for he liked the rest and quiet, and the dictations gave him employment.
"The Boys' Life of Mark Twain"
Albert Bigelow Paine
On the afternoon of the same day the Kingfisher, a whaling schooner, of Fairhaven, Massachusetts, was captured and burned.
"Cruise and Captures of the Alabama"
Albert M. Goodrich