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Guide to the

Henry David Thoreau collection1837-1917 [bulk 1837-1860]

Digitization was made possible by a lead gift from The Polonsky Foundation.

Summary

Creator: Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862

Title: Henry David Thoreau collection

Date: 1837-1917 [bulk 1837-1860]

Abstract: Highlights of the collection include an important portion of the "Ktaadn" section of The MaineWoods; "Nature and Bird Notes, " a journal kept by Henry, John and Sophia Thoreau with leaves, grassand wild flowers laid in; and Thoreau's famous letter to his brother addressed to Sachem Hopeful ofHopewell and signed Tahatawan. The Berg also has a daguerrotype of Thoreau ("my friends think [it] ispretty good though better looking than I"), a pencil made by him (his father's company manufacturedthem), and an original pencil map of Walden Pond.

Access: Restricted access.

Preferred citation: Permissions Please write to us for permission to quote from material in the HenryW. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature: Curator Henry W. and Albert A.Berg Collection, Room 320 New York Public Library Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street New York, New York10018

Language of the Material: English

Creator History

Brief BiographyH. D. Thoreau (1817-1862) was born in Concord, Massachusetts where he lived most of his life. Therehe came to know and be associated with the New England Trancendentalists, a group that includedRalph Waldo Emerson, Bronson Alcott, Margaret Fuller, Jones Very, Elizabeth Peabody and OrestesBrownson.

Describing himself for a questionnaire he filled out on the tenth anniversary of his graduation fromHarvard, Thoreau wrote, "I am a Schoolmaster-a private Tutor, a Surveyor-a Gardener, a Farmer-aPainter, I mean a House Painter, a Carpenter, a Mason, a Day-Laborer, a Pencil-Maker, a GlasspaperMaker, a Writer, and sometimes a Poetaster."

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In 1845 he moved to Walden Pond where he remained for a little over two years. The simplicity withwhich he lived allowed him to work only six weeks each year and devote the rest of his time to writingand living. It was during this time that he wrote A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers (1849)and the draft of Walden; Or, Life in the Woods (1854). Some of his writing from this time is in the BergCollection. A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers was not published until 1849 when heguaranteed to reimburse the publisher for any loss. Of the one thousand copies printed, only twohundred were sold. When the remainder were returned to Thoreau, he wrote in his journal, "I have nowa library of nearly nine hundred volumes, over seven hundred of which I wrote myself." Walden, when itwas eventually published in 1854, was more warmly received (although it did not go into a secondprinting until after his death).

In 1846, to demonstrate his opposition to slavery and the U. S. government's legal recognition of it,Thoreau refused to pay his poll tax. His goal was to stay in prison until attention was called to hisprotest. To his dismay, the tax was paid anonymously and he was released after one night. Theexperience resulted in the influential book now titled Civil Disobedience.

Henry David Thoreau's writing and life have been claimed as inspiration for a remarkably diverse groupof people that includes artists, writers and politicians from many countries and eras. Among them areJohn Cage, Robert Frost, Ghandi, John F. Kennedy, Jack Kerouac, Sinclair Lewis, Henry Miller, MarcelProust, Man Ray, Diego Rivera, Robert Louis Stevenson, Gene Tunney, N. C. Wyeth and Frank LloydWright.

Chronology1817 Born 12 July in Concord, Massachusetts, to John and Cynthia (Dunbar) Thoreau.1828-33 Attended Concord Academy1833-37 Attended Harvard College1837 Taught briefly at Concord Center School (public).1838-41 Conducted a private school in Concord with his elder brother John.1839 Went on boating excursion on Concord and Merrimack rivers with his brother John.1840 Poems and essays published in Dial.1841-43 Lived with Ralph Waldo Emerson and his family in Concord.1842 Brother John died suddenly of lockjaw. "Natural History of Massachusetts" published.

1843 "A Walk to Wachusett" and "A Winter Walk" published. Tutored William Emerson's children onStaten Island, New York

1844 Accidentally set fire to woods in Concord with Edward Hoar.1845-47 Lived in small house on shore of Walden Pond.1846 Traveled to Maine woods; spent one night in jail for refusing to pay poll tax.1847-48 Lived in Emerson household while Ralph Waldo Emerson lectured in England.1848 Began career as professional lecturer; "Ktaadn and the Maine Woods" published.1849 A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers and "Resistance to Civil Government" published.Traveled to Cape Cod; Sister Helen died, apparently of tuberculosis.

1850 Traveled to Cape Cod and Quebec.1853 Traveled to Maine woods; portions of "A Yankee in Canada" published.1854 Walden; or, Life in the Woods and "Slavery in Massachusetts" published.1855 Portions of "Cape Cod" published; traveled to Cape Cod.1856 Surveyed Eagleswood Community near Perth Amboy, New Jersey. May-June: Wrote passages

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in journal explicitly about succession of forest trees. November: Discussed spontaneous generation ofplants with Horace Greeley.

1857 Traveled to Cape Cod and Maine woods; "Chesuncook" published.1858 Traveled to White Mountains in New Hampshire.1859 Father, John, died; "A Plea for Capt. John Brown" published.1860 1 January: Discussed Darwin's On the Origin of the Species (published in London, 24 November1859) with friends. February: Read and copied extracts from On the Origin of Species. 20 September:Sent "The Succession of Forest Trees" published in New-York Weekly Tribune. October-November:Visited local woodlots almost daily; drafted many passages in journal later used in The Dispersion ofSeeds; began expanding "The Succession of Forest Trees" into The Dispersion of Seeds. December:Worked on Wild Fruits manuscript. 3 December: While researching tree growth, contracted a severecold, which rapidly worsened into bronchitis and kept him housebound. 11 December: Delivered lastlecture, "Autumnal Tints," in Waterbury, Connecticut 30 December: Responded to Horace Greeley'sletter of 13 December about spontaneous generation of plants.

1861 January-February: Continued work on Wild Fruits manuscript. 2 February: Letter of 30December 1860 to Greeley denying possibility of spontaneous generation published in New-YorkWeekly Tribune. March-early May: Worked on The Dispersion of Seeds. 12 May-14 July: Traveled toMinnesota with Horace Mann, Jr., in effort to regain health.12 May-14 July: Traveled to Minnesota withHorace Mann, Jr., in effort to regain health.

1862 Prepared earlier lecture-essays for publication in anticipation of death. Died 6 May in Concord,Massachusetts

*From Faith in a Seed: The Dispersion of Seeds and Other Late Natural History Writings (Washington,DC: Island Press, 1993).

Custodial HistoryThis is a "synthetic" collection, created from a number of sources since Thoreau's manuscripts werefirst dispersed after his sister Sophia's death in 1876. Most of the manuscripts and letters arrived in theBerg Collection in 1941 when the W. T. H. Howe and Owen D. Young collections were acquired. Most ofHowe's collection appears to have been bought from the Wakeman (1924) and Bixby (1931) estates, aswell as from Houghton Mifflin (1927). A significant acquisition was also made by the Berg when WarrenH. Colson's collection was sold in the 1958.

Scope and Content NoteThe Berg Collection's manuscript holdings by Henry David Thoreau are varied. They includeapproximately thirty-five manuscripts and manuscript fragments, journals and a common place book. Inaddition, there are thirty-two letters to numerous recipients as well as in-coming pieces from over fiftycorrespondents.

Highlights of the collection include an important portion of the "Ktaadn" section of The Maine Woods;"Nature and Bird Notes," a journal kept by Henry, John and Sophia Thoreau with leaves, grass and wildflowers laid in; and Thoreau's famous letter to his brother addressed to Sachem Hopeful of Hopewelland signed Tahatawan. The Berg also has a daguerreotype of Thoreau ("my friends think [it] is pretty

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good though better looking than I"), a pencil made by him (his father's company manufactured them),and an original pencil map of Walden Pond.

Other ResourcesThe Faith in a Seed manuscript, part of the Berg Collection's holdings, has been published in its entiretyas Faith in a Seed: The Dispersion of Seeds and Other Late Natural History Writings, edited by BradleyP. Dean (Washington, D.C. & Covelo, CA: Island Press/Shearwater Books, 1993). More recently, Mr.Dean edited Wild Fruits(New York & London: W. W. Norton, 2000), the publication of Thoreau'srediscovered last manuscript which is in the Berg Collection cataloged under "Notes on Fruits."

In addition, The Windhover Press of The University of Iowa and The New York Public Library publishedHuckleberries(1970), a limited edition publication that draws from Dispersion of Seed and Wild Fruits,two manuscripts at the Berg. One of the editors, Alexander C. Kern, explains in the preface, "ThoughThoreau had made no fair copy, he worked out the sequence of his projected text from version toversion with carets, numbers, interlineations, marginal notes, and cancel line. Thus despite leaps in thepagination (not Thoreau's own) of the manuscript, there is usually direct evidence for Thoreau'sintended sequence…Thus we have an essay entirely in Thoreau's words and almost exactly in thesequence he had planned."

In addition to the Berg Collection, several other repositories hold major collections of Henry DavidThoreau's manuscripts. One of them is the Manuscript & Archives Division of The New York PublicLibrary. A list of their holdings follows, with location information given in brackets.

Manuscripts

Autograph manuscript, from "Cape Cod: V The Wellfleet Oysterman," 2 p. on 1 l. [Removed from: TheWritings of Henry David Thoreau, Manuscript Edition (Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1906), 8-NBG] Autograph manuscript poem, "I will obey the strictest law of love," 2 p. on 1 1. [Recto page numbered387 from Thoreau's journal of 1848-1850] Autograph manuscript, "...make nothing of it. This...," from "Night Sights and Night Sounds," 2 p. on 1 l. Autograph manuscript, title page of "The Moon," a later version of Thoreau's lecture "Moonlight." 8 p. on4 l. [Harkness Collection #21]

Letters

Thoreau, Henry David. ALS to E. A. Duyckinck. Concord, May 28, 1847 . 2 p. [Duyckinck Collection] Thoreau, Henry David. ALS to [E. A. Duyckinck]. Concord, July 3, 1847 . 1 p. [Duyckinck Collection] Thoreau, Henry David. ALS to Horace Greeley. Concord, September 29, 1860 . 1 p. [Horace GreeleyPapers]. Thoreau, Henry David. ALS to William H. Sweetser. Charlestown, Mass, July 26, 185[3?] . 1 p.[Personal (Miscellaneous)] Thoreau, Henry David. Envelope (front only) addressed to C. M. Tracy, Lynn, Mass. 1 p. [Personal(Miscellaneous)]Other repositories that hold major collections of Thoreau include the Pierpont Morgan Library, New YorkCity; Houghton Library at Harvard University; the Huntington Library in Pasadena, CA; the C. WallerBarrett Library at the University of Virginia; the Abernethy Library at Middlebury College; and theConcord Free Public Library. For more information, see The Literary Manuscripts of Henry DavidThoreau by William L. Howarth (Columbus, Ohio: Ohio State University Press, 1974).

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Works Cited

Howarth, William. The Literary Manuscripts of Henry David Thoreau. Columbus, Ohio: Ohio StateUniversity Press, 1974. Moldenhauer, Joseph J. The Maine Woods. In The Writings of Henry D. Thoreau. Princeton, NJ:Princeton University Press, 1972. Stephen Adams. Dictionary of Literary Biography, Volume 183: American Travel Writers, 1776-1864.Detroit: Gale Research, 1997. Walter Harding.Dictionary of Literary Biography, Volume 1: The American Renaissance in NewEngland. Detroit: Gale Research, 1978.

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Container List

Series I Manuscripts by Henry David ThoreauManuscripts

[Autumnal Tints]. Holograph fragment. Unsigned and undated. circa 1862Berg Coll MSS Thoreau m.b. (1 leaf) (1 leaf)Transcendentalism (New England)Nature studyNatural historyEssaysNature studym.b. Thoreau

[Autumnal Tints]. 3 pages of holograph draft. Unsigned and undated. circa1862Berg Coll MSS Thoreau m.b. (2 leaves) (2 leaves)Transcendentalism (New England)Nature studyNature studyEssaysNatural historym.b. Thoreau

[Autumnal Tints]. 3 pages of holograph draft. Unsigned and undated. circa1862Berg Coll MSS Thoreau m.b. (2 leaves) (2 leaves)Transcendentalism (New England)Nature studyNature studyNatural historyEssaysm.b. Thoreau

[The Cliffs and Springs]. Holograph copy of the poem. April 25, 1838

Berg Coll MSS Thoreau (1 leaf) (1 leaf)Transcendentalism (New England)Nature studyPoetryVarious Fragments Thoreau

Cock-crowing. Holograph poem. Unsigned and undated. circa 1841Berg Coll MSS Thoreau m.b. (1 double leaf) (1 double leaf)Transcendentalism (New England)Nature studyPoetrym.b. Thoreau

[Commonplace Book]. Signed, undated. 1830 - 1862Berg Coll MSS Thoreau (184 leaves) (184 leaves)Transcendentalism (New England)Nature studyCommonplace booksIncludes poetry, Chinese and Indian philosophy, religion and mythology, from works withpublication dates of 1834, 1840, 1841, 1850.

HDT Original Autograph Manuscript -- Concord

Extracts, mostly upon Natural History. [A commonplace book.] 1830 - 1862Berg Coll MSS Thoreau (180 leaves) (180 leaves)

Transcendentalism (New England)Nature studyCommonplace booksNatural historyEntries mainly on natural history and travel.

Commonplace book Henry D. Thoreau

The Dispersion of Seeds [and related matters] 1860 - 1862Berg Coll MSS Thoreau + (92 single leaves & 56 double leaves) (92 single leaves & 56 doubleleaves)Transcendentalism (New England)Nature studyNotesBotanyNatural historyThoreau Dispersion of Seeds and Related Matters +

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The Fall of the Leaf. Holograph poem. Unsigned and undated. circa 1841Berg Coll MSS Thoreau m.b. (1 double leaf) (1 double leaf)Transcendentalism (New England)Nature studyPoetryFirst line: "The evening of the year draws on..."br/>Published in this version in ed. Witherell,Collected Essays and Poems, 2001, p. 562. Published in shorter version in ed. Bode, CollectedPoems, 1943, p. 235.

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Series I Manuscripts by Henry David Thoreau (cont.)

The Fall of the Leaf. Holograph poem. Unsigned and undated. Mutilated.circa 1841Berg Coll MSS Thoreau m.b. (2 double leaves) (2 double leaves)Transcendentalism (New England)Nature studyPoetryFirst line: "Grown tired of the rank summer's wealth..."br/>In ed. Witherell, Collected Essaysand Poems, 2001, p. 561. ("Grown tired of this rank summer's wealth...").

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The Flowering of Plants, accidentally observed in '51, with considerablecare in '52; the Spring of '51 being 10 days and more earlier than that of '52.The names are those used by Gray. Holograph, unsigned. 1851 - 1854Berg Coll MSS Thoreau + (12 leaves) (12 leaves)Transcendentalism (New England)Nature studyTablesBotanyNatural historyH.D.Thoreau Autograph Manuscript +

"The good how can we trust?" December 29, 1847Berg Coll MSS Thoreau (1 leaf) (1 leaf)Transcendentalism (New England)Nature studyPoetryEmerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882(Recipient)m. b. Thoreau

Growth and leafing for June. 5 leaves of holograph notes, unsigned,covering 1851-1860. June 1851 - June 1860

Berg Coll MSS Thoreau + (3 leaves & 1 double leaf) (3 leaves & 1 double leaf)Transcendentalism (New England)Nature studyNature studyNatural historyDataH.D.Thoreau Autograph Manuscript Notes +

"I love a careless streamlet..." Poem in: Russell, Charles Theodore,Memento of my class mates, Autograph album from Harvard, 1837. July 11,1837

Berg Coll MSS Thoreau (1 leaf) (1 leaf)Transcendentalism (New England)Nature studyPoetryRussell, Charles Theodore, 1815-1896

(Collector)[Thoreau] Autograph Album of C. T. Russell -- Containing poems and letters by R. H. Dana,Thoreau and others

[Journal] Unsigned, dated Walden, April 17, 1846. April 17, 1846 - December 2,

1846Berg Coll MSS Thoreau (124 leaves) (124 leaves)

Transcendentalism (New England)Nature studyJournals (accounts)Natural historyPoetic diariesThoreau: Journal 1846

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[Journal extracts] Draft of "Huckleberries", based on Journal entries. circa1862Berg Coll MSS Thoreau m.b. (2 double leaves & 3 single leaves) (2 double leaves & 3 singleleaves)Transcendentalism (New England)Nature studyNature studyEssaysEnd of lecture/essay "Huckleberries."br/>Adapted from Journal entries of Nov. 10, 1860; Jan. 3,1861; Nov. 26, 1860; Aug. 23, 1853.br/>Typed transcription references the passages to pagenumbers of The Writings of Thoreau, Boston, 1906, v.14 (229, 275ff, 304ff) and Journals v. 5(394ff).

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Thoreau, John, 1815-1842Thoreau, Sophia E.[Nature and Bird Notes.] MS journal and list of birds, kept by Sophia, Johnand H. D. Thoreau. Also contains HDT's A Walk to Wachusett. 1837 - circa1842Berg Coll MSS Thoreau + (63 leaves) (63 leaves)

Transcendentalism (New England)Nature studyNatural historyNature studyThoreau, John,1815-1842 (Author)Thoreau, Sophia E. (Author)Thoreau Nature and Bird Notes +

[Nature and Bird Notes.] Flowers and plants pressed in volume, some withpencil notes identifying them on scraps of paper. 1837 - 1861Berg Coll MSS Thoreau + (49 items) (49 items)

Transcendentalism (New England)Nature studySpecimensNatural historyNature studyThoreau,John, 1815-1842Thoreau, Sophia E.Thoreau [Nature and Bird Notes] plants pressed and preserved in the book +

[Nature notes]. Holograph notes, unsigned, 1852-1860. 1852 - 1860Berg Coll MSS Thoreau m.b. (3 leaves) (3 leaves)Transcendentalism (New England)Nature studyNature studyNatural historym.b. Thoreau

[Night and Moonlight]. Holograph notes, unsigned and undated. March 1852 -September 1854Berg Coll MSS Thoreau (29 leaves) (29 leaves)Transcendentalism (New England)Nature studyNatural historyNotesThoreau Night and Moonlight

[Notes of birds, insects, etc.]. Holograph notes, unsigned, observed March1859. February 24, 1859 - April 3, 1859

Berg Coll MSS Thoreau m.b. (1 leaf) (1 leaf)Transcendentalism (New England)Nature studyNature studyNatural history

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[Notes on flowers]. Holograph notes on flowers and flowering dates. March

1853 - circa September 1860Berg Coll MSS Thoreau (61 leaves) (61 leaves)

Transcendentalism (New England)Nature studyNotesBotanyNatural historyThoreau Flowers Etc.

Notes on fruits. 306 leaves of holograph draft and notes, unsigned andundated. (Much now published in Wild Fruits.) circa November 23, 1860Berg Coll MSS Thoreau + (306 leaves) (306 leaves)Transcendentalism (New England)Nature studyNature studyEssaysNatural historyThoreau Notes on Fruits +

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Notes on fruits. 4 leaves of holograph draft and 2 scraps. Unsigned andundated. (Now published as opening of Wild Fruits.) November 23, 1860 -November 28, 1860Berg Coll MSS Thoreau (1 double leaf, 2 leaves, 2 scraps) (1 double leaf, 2 leaves, 2 scraps)Transcendentalism (New England)Nature studyEssaysNatural historyWilliam Howarth, The Literary Manuscripts of Henry David Thoreau (Columbus, Ohio: OhioState University Press, 1974). See: [Notes on Fruits] 600p.

envelope: [Notes on Fruits] 4 leaves of holograph, unsigned and undated; 2 scraps.


[Notes on general phenomena]. Holograph notes. 1854 - circa 1862Berg Coll MSS Thoreau (18 leaves & 4 double leaves) (18 leaves & 4 double leaves)Transcendentalism (New England)Nature studyNotesNatural historyNature studyHDT Original Autograph Manuscript Notes on Phenomenon of Nature

[Notes, miscellaneous]. Holograph notes, draft fragments, lists, readingnotes, etc. 1840 - 1862Berg Coll MSS Thoreau (9 leaves) (9 leaves)Transcendentalism (New England)Nature studyDrafts (documents)NotesVarious Fragments Thoreau

Plan of the Land in Haverhill, Mass., belonging to Elizabeth How. Surveyedby Henry D. Thoreau, Oct. 31, 1859. October 31, 1859Berg Coll MSS Thoreau +++ (1 leaf) (1 leaf)Transcendentalism (New England)Nature studyDrawingSurveysMaps (documents)Plan of the Land... +++

[A Plea for Captain John Brown], notes for lecture, holograph, unsigned,undated. October 17, 1859 - October 30, 1859Berg Coll MSS Thoreau + (1 leaf) (1 leaf)Transcendentalism (New England)Nature studyLectures and lecturingRaid on Harper's Ferry took place on October 16, 1859, and HDT first delivered the lecture onOctober 30, 1859.

Notes on Fruits +

[Walden]. 1 leaf of holograph draft. Unsigned and undated. 1847 - 1854Berg Coll MSS Thoreau (1 leaf) (1 leaf)Transcendentalism (New England)Nature studyAutobiographyEducationReadingPage Original MS from Chapter 3 of Walden

Rosa Sanguinea (which opened Dec 2d). Autograph late draft of four lines.circa 1860

Berg Coll MSS Thoreau + (1 leaf) (1 leaf)Transcendentalism (New England)Nature studyDrafts (documents)Poetry

Thoreau Notes on Fruits +

Walden Pond. A reduced plan. 1846. Original pencil map. 1846

Berg Coll MSS Thoreau m.b. (1 leaf) (1 leaf)Transcendentalism (New England)Nature studyWalden Pond (Middlesex County,

Mass.)DrawingMaps (documents)m.b. Thoreau

A Walk to Wachusett. Holograph draft, dated 1842. 1842Berg Coll MSS Thoreau + (13 leaves) (13 leaves)Transcendentalism (New England)Nature studyEssaysThoreau Nature and Bird Notes +

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[Walking]. Fragment of manuscript version. 1 leaf, unsigned, undated. circa1851Berg Coll MSS Thoreau m.b. (1 leaf) (1 leaf)Transcendentalism (New England)Nature studyNature studyEssaysLectures and lecturingText varies from published versions of the essay "Walking," also from the Journal of 1851 fromwhich the lecture (later essay) arose.

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[A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers]. Early holograph draft ofchapters "Concord River" and "Saturday." Unsigned, part dated "Sat. Aug.31, 1839." circa August 31, 1839Berg Coll MSS Thoreau + (9 double leaves & 2 single leaves) (9 double leaves & 2 singleleaves)Transcendentalism (New England)Nature studyTravel writingMeditationsThe date "Sat. Aug. 31, 1839" appears on p. 8 and relates to the date of the original journey.The first full drafts of A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers date to 1845-47, withpublication in 1849.

HDT Original Autograph Manuscript -- Concord +

[A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers]. Journal entry, dated"Wednesday, Sept. 4." Partly basis for part of "Wednesday." circa September 4,1839Berg Coll MSS Thoreau inserted in Thoreau, Week on Concord and Merrimack Rivers (1849).c7. (1 double leaf) (1 double leaf)

Transcendentalism (New England)Nature studyTravel writingMeditationsIncludes many elements omitted from published "Week" and also often different form from inpublished "Journal." See passages on camping ("We supposed we had selected a retired partof the shore...") and Indians ("What do our anniversaries commemorate but white men’sexploits"), also part the basis of "Wednesday" passage starting "Not long after this we saw thePiscataquoag..." (journal: "We soon after saw the Piscataquoag...").

Printed book: Thoreau, Week on Concord and Merrimack Rivers (1849). c7.

Wild Apples. 4 leaves of holograph draft, unsigned and undated. 1850 - circa1860Berg Coll MSS Thoreau + (4 leaves) (4 leaves)Transcendentalism (New England)Nature studyNatural historyEssaysLectures and lecturing

The journal entries that serve as a starting point for the essay date from 1850-52. The lecture"Wild Apples" was first delivered in February 1860, and the essay was first published inNovember 1862 in the Atlantic Monthly, posthumously. It was published in book form inExcursions (1863).

H.D.Thoreau Original Manuscript -- Wild Apples Chapter of Excursions +

[A Yankee in Canada]. Fragment of manuscript version. 1850 - 1853Berg Coll MSS Thoreau m.b. (5 leaves) (5 leaves)Transcendentalism (New England)Nature studyEssaysText appears in different order from published versions.

HDT traveled to Canada from September 25 to October 2, 1850.br/>First version appeared in1853 as "An Excursion to Canada" (Putnam's Monthly), later in book form A Yankee in Canada(1866).

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Series II Manuscript Material about Henry David ThoreauManuscripts

Russell, Charles Theodore, Memento of my class mates, Autograph albumfrom Harvard, 1837. June 24, 1837 - July 16, 1837Berg Coll MSS Thoreau (99 leaves) (99 leaves)Autograph albumsRussell, Charles Theodore, 1815-1896 (Collector)Thoreau, Henry David,1817-1862 (Subject)[Thoreau] Autograph Album of C. T. Russell -- Containing poems and letters by R. H. Dana,Thoreau and others

Burroughs, John. Holograph criticism (incomplete) of Thoreau. Unsigned,undated. circa 1882Berg Coll MSS Burroughs m.b. (3 leaves) (3 leaves)EssaysBurroughs, John, 1837-1921 (Collector)Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862 (Subject)First published in The Century, July 1882.

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Lecture fee statement for H. D. Thoreau. MS document, signed by John R.Manley, undated. 1858 - circa 1862Berg Coll MSS Thoreau + (1 leaf) (1 leaf)FeesThoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862 (Subject)Thoreau Notes on Fruits +

Series III Outgoing CorrespondenceLetters (correspondence)Correspondence

Blake, Harrison G. O., AL[S] to. [Mar. 27, 1848.] Mutilated. March 27, 1848Berg Coll MSS Thoreau (1 leaf) (1 leaf)Letters (correspondence)Blake, H. G. O. (Harrison Gray Otis), 1816?-1898 (Recipient)H.D.Thoreau Autograph Letter to Blake

[Blake, Harrison G. O.], letter to, copy in the hand of Ralph Waldo Emerson.Mar. 27, 1848. March 27, 1848

Berg Coll MSS Thoreau (1 double leaf) (1 double leaf)Letters (correspondence)Blake, H. G. O. (Harrison Gray Otis), 1816?-1898(Recipient)Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 (Other)Thoreau Letters Transcribed by Emerson

Blake, Harrison G. O., Copy of letter to, in the hand of the recipient. Apr. 17,1849. April 17, 1849

Berg Coll MSS Thoreau m.b. (1 leaf) (1 leaf)Letters (correspondence)Blake, H. G. O. (Harrison Gray Otis), 1816?-1898 (Recipient)

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B[lake, Harrison G. O.], letter to, copy in the hand of Ralph Waldo Emerson.Aug. 9, 1850. August 9, 1850Berg Coll MSS Thoreau (2 double leaves & 1 leaf) (2 double leaves & 1 leaf)Letters (correspondence)Blake, H. G. O. (Harrison Gray Otis), 1816?-1898(Recipient)Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 (Other)Original manuscript at University of Texas, Austin, TX.

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B[lake, Harrison G. O.], letter to, copy in the hand of Ralph Waldo Emerson.Sept. [23?], 1852. September 1852Berg Coll MSS Thoreau (1 leaf) (1 leaf)Letters (correspondence)Blake, H. G. O. (Harrison Gray Otis), 1816?-1898(Recipient)Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 (Other)Original manuscript at State Historical Society of Iowa Library and Archives, Des Moines, IA.

Dating as given by list of Thoreau's correspondence for Princeton edition in preparation,http://thoreau.library.ucsb.edu/writings_correspondence.html

Thoreau Letters Transcribed by Emerson

Series III Outgoing Correspondence (cont.)

Blake, Harrison G. O., ALS to. Feb. 27, 1853. February 27, 1853Berg Coll MSS Thoreau m.b. (8 leaves) (8 leaves)Letters (correspondence)Blake, H. G. O. (Harrison Gray Otis), 1816?-1898 (Recipient)m.b. Thoreau

Blake, Harrison G. O., Copy of letter to, in the hand of the recipient. Oct. 5,1854 October 5, 1854Berg Coll MSS Thoreau m.b. (1 leaf) (1 leaf)Letters (correspondence)Blake, H. G. O. (Harrison Gray Otis), 1816?-1898(Recipient)Cholmondeley, Thomas, 1823-1864 (Subject)Original manuscript at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (MH-G).

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Blake, H[arrison] G. O., holograph cover for letter to. Oct. 14, 1854 October 14,1854Berg Coll MSS Thoreau (1 leaf) (1 leaf)Letters (correspondence)Blake, H. G. O. (Harrison Gray Otis), 1816?-1898 (Recipient)Thoreau Letters Transcribed by Emerson

Blake, Harrison G. O., ALS to. Dec. 6-7, 1856. December 6, 1856 - December 7,

1856Berg Coll MSS Thoreau + (2 double leaves & 1 single leaf) (2 double leaves & 1 single leaf)Letters (correspondence)Blake, H. G. O. (Harrison Gray Otis), 1816?-1898 (Recipient)Autograph Letter -- H.D.Thoreau -- Mentions Whitman +

Blake, Harrison G. O., Copy of letter to, in the hand of the recipient. Feb. 6,1857. February 6, 1857

Berg Coll MSS Thoreau m.b. (1 leaf) (1 leaf)Letters (correspondence)Blake, H. G. O. (Harrison Gray Otis), 1816?-1898 (Recipient)

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Blake, Harrison G. O., Copy of letter to, in the hand of the recipient. Jun. 23,1857. June 23, 1857Berg Coll MSS Thoreau m.b. (1 leaf) (1 leaf)Letters (correspondence)Blake, H. G. O. (Harrison Gray Otis), 1816?-1898 (Recipient)Original manuscript in Gunn Memorial Library, Washington, CT.

m.b. Thoreau

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Blake, Harrison G. O., Copy of letter to, in the hand of the recipient. Jun. 1,1858. Previously: Jun. 14, 1858. June 14, 1858Berg Coll MSS Thoreau m.b. (1 leaf) (1 leaf)Letters (correspondence)Blake, H. G. O. (Harrison Gray Otis), 1816?-1898 (Recipient)Blake's copying of "June 1st" looks very similar to "June 14" (hence previous dating) but "June1st" is taken from original, now "MS. Hosmer" held in Concord Free Public Library.

Original manuscript in Concord Free Public Library, Concord, MA.

m.b. Thoreau


[Blake, H. G. O., note to. Jan. 19, 1859]. January 19, 1859Berg Coll MSS Thoreau m.b. (1 leaf) (1 leaf)Letters (correspondence)Blake, H. G. O. (Harrison Gray Otis), 1816?-1898 (Recipient)m.b. Thoreau

Blake, Harrison G. O., Copy of letter to, in the hand of the recipient. Feb. 7,1859. February 7, 1859

Berg Coll MSS Thoreau m.b. (1 leaf) (1 leaf)Letters (correspondence)Blake, H. G. O. (Harrison Gray Otis), 1816?-1898 (Recipient)m.b. Thoreau

Blake, Harrison G. O., Copy of letter to, in the hand of the recipient. Oct. 31,[1859]. October 31, 1859Berg Coll MSS Thoreau m.b. (1 leaf) (1 leaf)

Letters (correspondence)Blake, H. G. O. (Harrison Gray Otis), 1816?-1898 (Recipient)Original manuscript at University of Texas, Austin, TX.

m.b. Thoreau

Blake, Harrison G. O., Copy of letter to, in the hand of the recipient. Dec. 2,1860. December 2, 1860Berg Coll MSS Thoreau m.b. (1 leaf) (1 leaf)

Letters (correspondence)Blake, H. G. O. (Harrison Gray Otis), 1816?-1898 (Recipient)m.b. Thoreau

Cholmondeley, Thomas, letter to. Copy in unknown hand. Nov. 8, 1855.November 8, 1855Berg Coll MSS Thoreau m.b. (1 double leaf & 1 leaf) (1 double leaf & 1 leaf)Letters (correspondence)Cholmondeley, Thomas, 1823 - 1864 (Recipient)

m.b. Thoreau

Cholmondeley, Thomas, letter to. Copy in unknown hand. Oct. 20, 1856.October 20, 1856Berg Coll MSS Thoreau m.b. (1 double leaf) (1 double leaf)Letters (correspondence)Cholmondeley, Thomas, 1823 - 1864 (Recipient)m.b. Thoreau

[Emerson, Lidian], ALS to. Oct. 16, 1843. October 16, 1843Berg Coll MSS Thoreau m.b. (1 double leaf) (1 double leaf)Letters (correspondence)Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 (Recipient)m.b. Thoreau

[Emerson, Ralph Waldo], ALS to. Mar. 11, 1842. March 11, 1842Berg Coll MSS Thoreau (1 double leaf & 1 leaf) (1 double leaf & 1 leaf)Letters (correspondence)Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 (Recipient)Thoreau - Emerson ALS 1842

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[Emerson, Ralph Waldo?], ALS to. [Mar. 1, 1843] March 1, 1843Berg Coll MSS Thoreau (1 leaf) (1 leaf)Letters (correspondence)Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 (Recipient)Dated "Wednesday evening," referring to a lecture this evening by Mr. Chapin, which wasdelivered Wednesday, Mar. 1, 1843.

H.D.Thoreau ALS -- Feb 16 1843


[Emerson, Ralph Waldo], ALS to. Aug. 7, 1843. August 7, 1843Berg Coll MSS Thoreau (1 double leaf) (1 double leaf)Letters (correspondence)Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 (Recipient)H.D.Thoreau ALS August 7, 1843 to R.W.Emerson

[Emerson, Ralph] Waldo, ALS to. Oct. 17, 1843. October 17, 1843Berg Coll MSS Thoreau (1 double leaf) (1 double leaf)Letters (correspondence)Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 (Recipient)H.D.Thoreau ALS to R.W.Emerson -- Oct 17 1843

[Emerson, Ralph Waldo], ALS to. Dec. 29, 1847. December 29, 1847Berg Coll MSS Thoreau m.b. (1 double leaf) (1 double leaf)Letters (correspondence)Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 (Recipient)m.b. Thoreau

[Emerson, Ralph] Waldo, ALS to. Feb. 23, 1848. February 23, 1848Berg Coll MSS Thoreau (1 double leaf & 1 leaf) (1 double leaf & 1 leaf)Letters (correspondence)Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 (Recipient)H.D.Thoreau ALS to R.W.Emerson -- Feb 23 1848

[Emerson, Ralph Waldo and Lidian], ALS to. Jul. 8, 1843. July 8, 1843Berg Coll MSS Thoreau (1 double leaf) (1 double leaf)Letters (correspondence)Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 (Recipient)Emerson, LidianJackson, 1802-1892 (Recipient)H.D.Thoreau ALS to R.W.Emerson -- July 8 1843

Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882Greeley, Horace, ANS to. Jul. [24], 1850. July 24, 1850Berg Coll MSS Emerson m.b. (1 double leaf) (1 double leaf)Letters (correspondence)Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 (Author)Greeley, Horace, 1811-

1872 (Recipient)m.b. Emerson ALS A - H

[Griswold, Rufus W.], ALS to. Oct. 9, 1841. October 9, 1841Berg Coll MSS Thoreau m.b. (1 double leaf) (1 double leaf)Letters (correspondence)Griswold, Rufus W. (Rufus Wilmot), 1815-1857 (Recipient)m.b. Thoreau

Librarian, Harvard University, [T. W. Harris], ALS to. Oct. 23, 1854. October 23,1854Berg Coll MSS Thoreau (1 leaf) (1 leaf)Letters (correspondence)Harris, Thaddeus William, 1795-1856 (Recipient)H.D.Thoreau ALS to Librarian Harvard University

[Higginson, T. W.], ALS to. Jan. 28, 1858. January 28, 1858Berg Coll MSS Thoreau (1 double leaf & 1 leaf) (1 double leaf & 1 leaf)Letters (correspondence)Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, 1823-1911 (Recipient)Thoreau Autograph Letter 1858

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[Thatcher, George A.?], ALS to. Jul. 11, 1857. July 11, 1857Berg Coll MSS Thoreau (1 double leaf) (1 double leaf)Letters (correspondence)Thatcher, George A. (Recipient)Addressed "Dear Cousin," probably referring to George Augustus Thatcher (1806 - 1885) whoaccompanied him in the Maine woods.

H.D.Thoreau ALS to his cousin -- July 11, 1857


[Thatcher, George A.?], ALS to. Jan. 1, 1858. January 1, 1858Berg Coll MSS Thoreau m.b. (1 double leaf) (1 double leaf)Letters (correspondence)Thatcher, George A. (Recipient)Addressed "Dear Cousin," probably referring to George Augustus Thatcher (1806 - 1885) whoaccompanied him in the Maine woods.

m.b. Thoreau

[Thoreau], H[elen], letter to, copy in the hand of Ralph Waldo Emerson. Oct.27, 1837. October 27, 1837Berg Coll MSS Thoreau (1 double leaf) (1 double leaf)Letters (correspondence)Thoreau, Helen L. (Helen Louisa), 1812-1849 (Recipient)Emerson,Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 (Scribe)Thoreau Letters Transcribed by Emerson

[Thoreau], Helen, ALS to. Oct. 6, 1838. October 6, 1838

Berg Coll MSS Thoreau (1 double leaf) (1 double leaf)Letters (correspondence)Thoreau, Helen L. (Helen Louisa), 1812-1849 (Recipient)H.D.Thoreau - Helen Thoreau ALS 1838

[Thoreau, John], ALS to. "Tahatawan - Sachimaussan - to his brothersachem - Hopeful of Hopewell." [Nov. 11, 1837.] November 11, 1837Berg Coll MSS Thoreau + (1 double leaf) (1 double leaf)Letters (correspondence)Thoreau, John, 1815-1842 (Recipient)Henry D Thoreau Sachem Hopeful Letter +

[Thoreau], Sophia, ALS to. May 22, 1843. May 22, 1843Berg Coll MSS Thoreau (1 double leaf) (1 double leaf)Letters (correspondence)Thoreau, Sophia E. (Recipient)H.D.Thoreau ALS to his sister Sophia -- May 22, 1843

[Ticknor and Fields?], ALS to. Apr. 30, 1855. Previously: James Munroe &Co., ALS to. April 30, 1855Berg Coll MSS Thoreau inserted in Thoreau, Week on Concord and Merrimack Rivers (1849).c10. (1 double leaf) (1 double leaf)

Letters (correspondence)James Munroe and Company (Recipient)Ticknor and Fields(Recipient)The editors of The Correspondence note Berg's ascription to James Munroe & Co., the originalpublisher of "A Week," but also that Thoreau had bought all their remaining copies in 1853, sothat this proposal was more probably sent to Ticknor and Fields (HDT has sent Fields 12copies of the book in October 1854). The book was not republished until 1862.


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[Underwood, Francis?], ALS to. Nov. 22, 1853. November 22, 1853Berg Coll MSS Thoreau m.b. (1 leaf) (1 leaf)Letters (correspondence)Underwood, Francis Henry, 1825-1894 (Recipient)Underwood wrote to Thoreau in November 1853 asking for an article for an anti-slaverymagazine and HDT sent one on December 2, 1853. This letter asks about rates and promisesto "forward something for your Magazine before December 5th."

m.b. Thoreau


Vose, Henry, ALS to. Oct. 13, 1837. October 13, 1837Berg Coll MSS Thoreau (1 double leaf) (1 double leaf)Letters (correspondence)Vose, Henry, 1802-1837 (Recipient)HDT Letter to Henry Vose -- Oct 13, 1837

Webb, Sarah E., ALS to. Sep. 15, 1854. September 15, 1854Berg Coll MSS Thoreau inserted in Thoreau, Week on Concord and Merrimack Rivers (1849).c9. (1 double leaf) (1 double leaf)Letters (correspondence)Webb, Sarah E. (Recipient)


Welch, Bigelow & Co, draft ALS to. Jul. 27, 1860. July 27, 1860Berg Coll MSS Thoreau + (1 leaf) (1 leaf)Letters (correspondence)Welch, Bigelow & Co. (Recipient)Thoreau Dispersion of Seeds and Related Matters +

Wiley, B. B., ALS to. Dec. 12, 1856. December 12, 1856

Berg Coll MSS Thoreau m.b. (1 leaf, 1 double leaf & 2 leaves) (1 leaf, 1 double leaf & 2 leaves)Letters (correspondence)Wiley, Benjamin B. (Recipient)m.b. Thoreau

Wiley, B. B., ALS to. Apr. 26, 1857. April 26, 1857Berg Coll MSS Thoreau m.b. (3 leaves) (3 leaves)Letters (correspondence)Wiley, Benjamin B. (Recipient)m.b. Thoreau

[Williams, Isaiah], Copy of letter to, in hand of Elizabeth Hoar. Sep. 8, 1841.September 8, 1841Berg Coll MSS Thoreau m.b. (2 leaves) (2 leaves)Letters (correspondence)Williams, Isaiah Thornton, 1819 - 1886 (Recipient)Original manuscript in Pierpont Morgan Library, New York.

m.b. Thoreau

Williams, [Isaiah], Copy of letter to, in hand of Elizabeth Hoar. Mar. 14,1842. March 14, 1842Berg Coll MSS Thoreau m.b. (4 leaves) (4 leaves)Letters (correspondence)Williams, Isaiah Thornton, 1819 - 1886 (Recipient)m.b. Thoreau

Welch, Bigelow & Co, draft ALS to. Oct. 19, 1861. October 19, 1861Berg Coll MSS Thoreau (1 leaf) (1 leaf)Letters (correspondence)Welch, Bigelow & Co. (Recipient)HDT Original Autograph Manuscript Notes on Phenomenon of Nature

Publishers of "The World," draft letter to. Sep. 17, 1860. September 17, 1860Berg Coll MSS Thoreau + (1 leaf) (1 leaf)Letters (correspondence)The World (newspaper), New York (Recipient)Thoreau Notes on Fruits +

Series IV Incoming CorrespondenceLetters (correspondence)Correspondence

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Adams, James, printed certificate for John Camson[?]. Jan. 24, 1861.January 24, 1861?Berg Coll MSS Thoreau + (1 leaf) (1 leaf)FormAdam, JamesCensus records appear to show no John Camson and several John Lamsons alive inMiddlesex county in 1860, but the initial letter is written the same as that of "Concord."


Series IV Incoming Correspondence (cont.)

Alcott, Abba May, 1800-1877Alcott, Abigail M., ALS to HDT. [May 23, 1860]. May 23, 1860Berg Coll MSS Thoreau + (1 double leaf) (1 double leaf)Letters (correspondence)Alcott, Abba May, 1800-1877 (Author)Invitation for "this day to celebrate the marriage of our dear Anna and John," married atOrchard House on May 23, 1860.


Franklin Type FoundryAllison, R., ALS to HDT. Jan. 9, 1860. January 9, 1860Berg Coll MSS Thoreau + (1 leaf) (1 leaf)Letters (correspondence)Franklin Type Foundry (Author)Thoreau Notes on Fruits +

Bangs, Edward, 1825-1894Bangs, Edward, ALS to HDT. Jan. 9, 1860. January 9, 1860Berg Coll MSS Thoreau + (1 leaf) (1 leaf)Letters (correspondence)Bangs, Edward, 1825-1894 (Author)Thoreau Notes on Fruits +

Bernard, C. B.Bernard, C. B., ALS to HDT. Oct. 26, 1854. October 26, 1854Berg Coll MSS Thoreau m.b. (1 leaf) (1 leaf)Letters (correspondence)Bernard, C. B. (Author)m.b. Thoreau

Brown, Theophilus, 1811 - 1879Brown, Theo, ALS to HDT. Jan. 10, 1862. January 10, 1862Berg Coll MSS Thoreau m.b. (1 double leaf) (1 double leaf)Letters (correspondence)Brown, Theophilus, 1811 - 1879 (Author)

The Correspondence of Henry David Thoreau, ed. Walter Harding and Carl Bode (NYC: NewYork University Press, 1958), 634.

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Brown, Theophilus, 1811 - 1879Brown, Theo, ALS to HDT. Oct. 19, [1859?] October 19, 1859?Berg Coll MSS Thoreau m.b. (1 double leaf) (1 double leaf)Letters (correspondence)Brown, Theophilus, 1811 - 1879 (Author)m.b. Thoreau

C_____, Edwin Brown, ALS to HDT. Jul. 14, 1857. July 14, 1857Berg Coll MSS Thoreau + (1 leaf) (1 leaf)Letters (correspondence)Thoreau Dispersion of Seeds and Related Matters +

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Chapman, John, 1822-1894Chapman, John, ALS to HDT. Oct. 26, 1855. October 26, 1855Berg Coll MSS Thoreau (1 double leaf) (1 double leaf)Letters (correspondence)Chapman, John, 1822-1894 (Author)Chapman, Brothers (London,England)The list of books that accompanied this letter is held in Abernethy Library, Middlebury College,VT.

Letters by Cholmondeley to Thoreau


Chapman, John, 1822-1894Chapman, John & Ferguson, A. D., ALS to HDT. Nov. 2, 1855. November 2,1855Berg Coll MSS Thoreau (1 double leaf) (1 double leaf)Letters (correspondence)Chapman, John, 1822-1894 (Author)Letters by Cholmondeley to Thoreau

Chase, Augustus Sabin, 1828 - 1896Chase, A. S., ALS to HDT. Oct. 5, 1860. October 5, 1860Berg Coll MSS Thoreau + (1 leaf) (1 leaf)Letters (correspondence)Chase, Augustus Sabin, 1828 - 1896 (Author)

Thoreau Dispersion of Seeds and Related Matters +

Cholmondeley, Thomas, 1823 - 1864Cholmondeley, Thomas, ALS to HDT. Oct. 3, [1855]. October 3, 1855Berg Coll MSS Thoreau (1 double leaf) (1 double leaf)Letters (correspondence)Cholmondeley, Thomas, 1823 - 1864 (Author)Letters by Cholmondeley to Thoreau

Cholmondeley, Thomas, 1823 - 1864Cholmondeley, Thomas, ALS to HDT. Feb. 22, 1857. February 22, 1857Berg Coll MSS Thoreau (2 leaves) (2 leaves)Letters (correspondence)Cholmondeley, Thomas, 1823 - 1864 (Author)Letters by Cholmondeley to Thoreau

Cholmondeley, Thomas, 1823 - 1864Cholmondeley, Thomas, ALS to HDT. May 26, 1857. May 26, 1857

Berg Coll MSS Thoreau (4 double leaves) (4 double leaves)Letters (correspondence)Cholmondeley, Thomas, 1823 - 1864 (Author)Letters by Cholmondeley to Thoreau

Cholmondeley, Thomas, 1823 - 1864Cholmondeley, Thomas, ALS to HDT. [Nov.] 26,[1858]. November 26, 1858Berg Coll MSS Thoreau (1 double leaf) (1 double leaf)Letters (correspondence)Cholmondeley, Thomas, 1823 - 1864 (Author)Letters by Cholmondeley to Thoreau

Cholmondeley, Thomas, 1823 - 1864Cholmondeley, Thomas, ALS to HDT. Apr. 23, 1861. April 23, 1861Berg Coll MSS Thoreau (2 double leaves) (2 double leaves)Letters (correspondence)Cholmondeley, Thomas, 1823 - 1864 (Author)Letters by Cholmondeley to Thoreau

Conway, Moncure Daniel, 1832-1907Conway, M[oncure] D[aniel], ALS to HDT. Nov. 26, [1860]. November 26, 1860Berg Coll MSS Thoreau + (1 leaf) (1 leaf)Letters (correspondence)Conway, Moncure Daniel, 1832-1907 (Author)Thoreau Dispersion of Seeds and Related Matters +

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Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882Emerson, Ralph Waldo, ALS to HDT. [Jun. 7?, 1841?] or [Nov. 12? 1838?].November 12, 1838 - June 7, 1841?Berg Coll MSS Thoreau (1 double leaf) (1 double leaf)Letters (correspondence)Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 (Author)Emerson's editors date the note to Nov. 12?, 1838? or Jun. 29, 1840 (Rusk, 2:174), or Jun. 7?,1841? (Tilton, 7:455-56). Despite the formality of the greeting, "My dear Sir," Tilton gives thereasoning for her later date in the note on vol. 7, 455-56, and Hudspeth follows her in 1:75-76.

Four Autog'ph Notes to H.D.Thoreau -- Emerson


Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882Emerson, Ralph Waldo, ANS to HDT. Thursday [Jun.?, 1841?]. June 3, 1841?Berg Coll MSS Thoreau (1 leaf) (1 leaf)Letters (correspondence)Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 (Author)Note is dated "Thursday p.m." Rusk conjectures 1841 and a date "only a little earlier than June21," making the closest Thursday June 17, a date when RWE was in Boston. Tilton thereforefavors June 3; see Letters 7:454n.

m.b Emerson ALS I - Z

Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882Emerson, Ralph Waldo, ALS to HDT. Feb. [9, 10, 11], 1843. [postmark: Feb.11] February 11, 1843Berg Coll MSS Emerson + (1 double leaf) (1 double leaf)Letters (correspondence)Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 (Author)

RWE ALS to Thoreau -- Feb 11 1843 +

Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882Emerson, Ralph Waldo, ALS to HDT. Jun. 10 and 15, 1843. June 10, 1843Berg Coll MSS Emerson (1 double leaf) (1 double leaf)Letters (correspondence)Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 (Author)RWE ALS to Thoreau -- June 10 1843

Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882Emerson, Ralph Waldo, ALS to HDT. Oct. 25, 1843. October 25, 1843Berg Coll MSS Emerson (1 double leaf) (1 double leaf)Letters (correspondence)Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 (Author)m.b Emerson ALS I - Z

Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882Emerson, Ralph Waldo, ANS to HDT. [Fall 1845] or [Feb.? 15?, 1839?].February 15, 1839?Berg Coll MSS Emerson m.b. (1 leaf) (1 leaf)Letters (correspondence)Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 (Author)Based on non-authorial manuscript evidence, Rusk surmised that this note was an afterthoughtto a letter of Feb. 15, 1839. However Hudspeth gives "Fall 1845" based on Mrs. Brown'smoving into the house mentioned in September 1845.

m.b. Emerson ALS I - Z

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Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882Emerson, Ralph Waldo, AL to HDT. [Sep. 30, 1846]. Previously [Sep. 4,1846]. circa September 30, 1846Berg Coll MSS Emerson m.b. (1 leaf) (1 leaf)Letters (correspondence)Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 (Author)Tilton dates the letter to September? 30?, 1846?, see RWE Letters 8:91-92n. Hudspeth gives adate of "Late September 1846."

m.b. Emerson ALS I - Z


Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882Emerson, Ralph Waldo, ALS to HDT. Dec. 2, 1847. December 2, 1847Berg Coll MSS Emerson m.b. (1 double leaf) (1 double leaf)Letters (correspondence)Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 (Author)m.b. Emerson ALS I - Z

Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882Emerson, Ralph Waldo, ALS to HDT. Jan. 28, 1848. January 28, 1848Berg Coll MSS Emerson (1 double leaf) (1 double leaf)Letters (correspondence)Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 (Author)RWE ALS to Thoreau -- Jan 28 1848

Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882Emerson, Ralph Waldo, ALS to HDT. Mar. 25, 1848. March 25, 1848Berg Coll MSS Thoreau m.b. (1 leaf) (1 leaf)Letters (correspondence)Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 (Author)m.b. Emerson ALS I - Z

Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882Emerson, Ralph Waldo, ALS to HDT. Feb. 6, [1850]. February 6, 1850Berg Coll MSS Emerson (1 double leaf) (1 double leaf)Letters (correspondence)Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 (Author)RWE ALS to Thoreau -- re Lyceum lecture

Forbes, Franklin, 1811 - 1877Forbes, Franklin, ALS to HDT. Nov. 14, 1850. November 14, 1850Berg Coll MSS Thoreau (1 double leaf) (1 double leaf)

Letters (correspondence)Forbes, Franklin, 1811 - 1877 (Author)Thoreau Night and Moonlight

Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872Greeley, Horace, ALS to HDT. May 26, 1852. May 26, 1852Berg Coll MSS Greeley m.b. (1 leaf) (1 leaf)Letters (correspondence)Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872 (Author)m.b. Gree

Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864Hawthorne, Nathaniel, ALS to HDT. Oct. 21, 1848. October 21, 1848 (1 doubleleaf) (1 double leaf)Letters (correspondence)Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864 (Author)m.b Hawthorne, Nathaniel ALS

Higginson, T. W., ALS to HDT. Dec. 3, 1850. December 3, 1850Berg Coll MSS Thoreau (1 double leaf) (1 double leaf)Letters (correspondence)Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, 1823-1911Thoreau Night and Moonlight

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Hobart and RobbinsHobart & Robbins, ALS to HDT. Aug. 22, 1859. August 22, 1859Berg Coll MSS Thoreau + (1 leaf) (1 leaf)Letters (correspondence)Hobart and Robbins (Author)Thoreau Notes on Fruits +


Hobart and RobbinsHobart & Robbins, ALS to HDT. Jan. 9, 1860. January 9, 1860Berg Coll MSS Thoreau + (1 leaf) (1 leaf)Letters (correspondence)Hobart and Robbins (Author)Thoreau Notes on Fruits +

Hobart and Robbins

Hobart & Robbins, MS letter to HDT. Dec. 3, 1860. December 3, 1860Berg Coll MSS Thoreau + (1 leaf) (1 leaf)Letters (correspondence)Hobart and Robbins (Author)Thoreau Dispersion of Seeds and Related Matters +

L. Johnson & Co.Johnson, L., & Co., MS letter to HDT. Mar. 22, 1861. March 22, 1861

Berg Coll MSS Thoreau + (1 leaf) (1 leaf)Letters (correspondence)L. Johnson & Co. (Author)Thoreau Dispersion of Seeds and Related Matters +

Mumford and BrotherMumford, Thomas H., ALS to HDT. Aug. 12, 1859. August 12, 1859Berg Coll MSS Thoreau + (1 leaf) (1 leaf)Letters (correspondence)Mumford and Brother (Author)Thoreau Notes on Fruits +

O'Sullivan, John Louis, 1813-1895O'Sullivan, J. L., ALS to HDT. Jul. 28, 1843. July 28, 1843Berg Coll MSS Thoreau m.b. (1 double leaf) (1 double leaf)Letters (correspondence)O'Sullivan, John Louis, 1813-1895 (Author)m.b. Thoreau

United States. Army. Corps of Topographical EngineersPalmer, W. R., CaptainPalmer, W. R., Coast Survey Office, printed form letter HDT. Feb. 24, 1860.February 24, 1860?Berg Coll MSS Thoreau + (1 leaf) (1 leaf)FormPalmer, W. R., Captain (Author)United States. Army. Corps of Topographical Engineers(Author)


Pierce, Josiah, 1827-1913

Pierce, Josiah, Jr., ALS to HDT. Oct. 18, 1850. October 18, 1850Berg Coll MSS Thoreau (1 leaf) (1 leaf)Letters (correspondence)Pierce, Josiah, 1827-1913 (Author)Thoreau Night and Moonlight

Pierce, Josiah, 1827-1913Pierce, Josiah, Jr., ALS to HDT. Nov. 20, 1850. November 20, 1850Berg Coll MSS Thoreau (1 leaf) (1 leaf)Letters (correspondence)Pierce, Josiah, 1827-1913 (Author)Thoreau Night and Moonlight

Redington, R.Redington, R., ALS to HDT. Feb. 1, 1860 February 1, 1860Berg Coll MSS Thoreau m.b. (1 leaf) (1 leaf)Letters (correspondence)Redington, R. (Author)m.b. Thoreau

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Richardson, James, b. 1817Richardson, James, Jr., ALS to HDT. Sep. 7, 1837 September 7, 1837Berg Coll MSS Thoreau m.b. (1 double leaf) (1 double leaf)Letters (correspondence)Richardson, James, b. 1817 (Author)m.b. Thoreau


Ricker, Charles P.Ricker, Charles P., ALS to HDT. Aug. 31, 1860. August 31, 1860Berg Coll MSS Thoreau + (1 leaf) (1 leaf)Letters (correspondence)Ricker, Charles P. (Author)Thoreau Dispersion of Seeds and Related Matters +

Ricker, Charles P.

Ricker, Charles P., ALS to HDT. Sep. [6?], 1860. Previously Sep. [9?], 1860.September 6, 1860Berg Coll MSS Thoreau + (1 leaf) (1 leaf)Letters (correspondence)Ricker, Charles P. (Author)Thoreau Dispersion of Seeds and Related Matters +

Ripley, Sarah Alden, 1793-1867

Ripley, Mrs. S. A., ALS to HDT. [Sep. 1856]. Previously [n.d.]. September 1856Berg Coll MSS Thoreau m.b. (1 double leaf) (1 double leaf)Letters (correspondence)Ripley, Sarah Alden, 1793-1867 (Author)Conjectured date from The Correspondence of Henry David Thoreau.br/>Refers to G. H.Lewes's "Sea-side Studies," published in Blackwood's Magazine in 1856-57.

m.b. Thoreau

Slack, Charles W. (Charles Wesley), 1825-1885Slack, Charles W., Telegram to "Henry D. Thoreau or Ralph WaldoEmerson." Oct. 31, 1859. October 31, 1859Berg Coll MSS Thoreau (1 telegram) (1 telegram)Letters (correspondence)Slack, Charles W. (Charles Wesley), 1825-1885 (Author)Emerson,Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882Various Fragments Thoreau

Smith, Thomas B.

Smith, Thomas B., LS to HDT. Feb. 23, 1854. February 23, 1854Berg Coll MSS Thoreau (1 leaf) (1 leaf)Letters (correspondence)Smith, Thomas B. (Author)HDT Original Autograph Manuscript Notes on Phenomenon of Nature

Adams Express CompanyStubbs, Joseph, for Adams Express Co., printed form for HDT. Jan. 31,186[1]. January 31, 1861?Berg Coll MSS Thoreau + (1 leaf) (1 leaf)FormAdams Express Company (Author)Stubbs, Joseph (Scribe)Year date is printed as "186_" with no final digit supplied.br/>The Correspondence of HenryDavid Thoreau dates the letter to 186[1], but the preparatory list for the Princeton edition gives186[0].


Sweetser, William H., ALS to HDT. Jul. 21, 1852. July 21, 1852Berg Coll MSS Thoreau (1 double leaf) (1 double leaf)Letters (correspondence)Sweetser, William H.Thoreau Night and Moonlight

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Field, Benjamin F.Tudor, FredericTudor, Frederic (p.p. Field, Benjamin F.), letter to HDT, Feb. 12, 1861.February 12, 1861Berg Coll MSS Thoreau + (1 leaf) (1 leaf)Letters (correspondence)Field, Benjamin F. (Author)Tudor, Frederic (Author)Thoreau Dispersion of Seeds and Related Matters +


Underwood, F. H., ALS to HDT. Dec. 5, 1853. December 5, 1852Berg Coll MSS Thoreau (1 double leaf) (1 double leaf)Letters (correspondence)Underwood, Francis Henry, 1825-1894Thoreau Night and Moonlight

Warner, R[ichard?]

Warner, R., ALS to HDT. Apr. 10, 1858. April 10, 1858Berg Coll MSS Thoreau m.b. (1 leaf) (1 leaf)Letters (correspondence)Warner, R[ichard?] (Author)m.b. Thoreau

Welch, Bigelow & Co.Welch, Bigelow & Co., ALS to HDT. Aug. 18, [1859]. August 18, 1859

Berg Coll MSS Thoreau + (1 leaf) (1 leaf)Letters (correspondence)Welch, Bigelow & Co. (Author)Thoreau Notes on Fruits +

Welch, Bigelow & Co.Welch, Bigelow & Co., ALS to HDT. Feb. 7, 1860. February 7, 1860Berg Coll MSS Thoreau + (1 leaf) (1 leaf)Letters (correspondence)Welch, Bigelow & Co. (Author)Thoreau Notes on Fruits +

Welch, Bigelow & Co.Welch, Bigelow & Co., ALS to HDT. Oct. 30, 1860. October 30, 1860Berg Coll MSS Thoreau + (1 leaf) (1 leaf)Letters (correspondence)Welch, Bigelow & Co. (Author)Thoreau Dispersion of Seeds and Related Matters +

Wiley, Benjamin B.Wiley, B. B., ALS to HDT. Sep. 4, 1856. September 4, 1856Berg Coll MSS Thoreau (1 leaf) (1 leaf)Letters (correspondence)Wiley, Benjamin B. (Author)Letters and Notes to H.D.Thoreau from Various Persons

Wiley, Benjamin B.

Wiley, B. B., ALS to HDT. Oct. 31, 1856. October 31, 1856Berg Coll MSS Thoreau (1 leaf) (1 leaf)

Letters (correspondence)Wiley, Benjamin B. (Author)Letters and Notes to H.D.Thoreau from Various Persons

Wiley, Benjamin B.Wiley, B. B., ALS to HDT. Dec. 21, 1856. December 21, 1856Berg Coll MSS Thoreau (2 double leaves) (2 double leaves)Letters (correspondence)Wiley, Benjamin B. (Author)Letters and Notes to H.D.Thoreau from Various Persons

Wiley, Benjamin B.Wiley, B. B., ALS to HDT. Apr. 7, 1857. April 7, 1857Berg Coll MSS Thoreau (1 double leaf) (1 double leaf)Letters (correspondence)Wiley, Benjamin B. (Author)Letters and Notes to H.D.Thoreau from Various Persons

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Wiley, Benjamin B.Wiley, B. B., ALS to HDT. Apr. 26, 1858. April 26, 1858Berg Coll MSS Thoreau (1 double leaf) (1 double leaf)Letters (correspondence)Wiley, Benjamin B. (Author)Letters and Notes to H.D.Thoreau from Various Persons


Williams, Isaiah Thornton, 1819 - 1886Williams, Isaiah T, ALS to HDT. Sep. 24, 1841. September 24, 1841Berg Coll MSS Thoreau m.b. (1 double leaf) (1 double leaf)Letters (correspondence)Williams, Isaiah Thornton, 1819 - 1886 (Author)m.b. Thoreau

Williams, Isaiah Thornton, 1819 - 1886

Williams, Isaiah T, ALS to HDT. Nov. 27, 1841. November 27, 1841Berg Coll MSS Thoreau m.b. (1 double leaf) (1 double leaf)Letters (correspondence)Williams, Isaiah Thornton, 1819 - 1886 (Author)m.b. Thoreau

Williams, Isaiah Thornton, 1819 - 1886Williams, Isaiah T, ALS to HDT. Jun. 23, 1842. June 23, 1842

Berg Coll MSS Thoreau m.b. (1 double leaf) (1 double leaf)Letters (correspondence)Williams, Isaiah Thornton, 1819 - 1886 (Author)m.b. Thoreau

[unknown], AL fragment, to. Aug. 8, 1859. August 8, 1859Berg Coll MSS Thoreau (1 leaf) (1 leaf)Letters (correspondence)Various Fragments Thoreau

Series V Related CorrespondenceLetters (correspondence)Correspondence

Blake, H. G. O. (Harrison Gray Otis), 1816?-1898Blake, H. G. O., draft of letter to Sophia Thoreau, notes about disposition ofHDT's letters. Nov. 22, 1884. November 22, 1884Berg Coll MSS Thoreau m.b. (1 leaf) (1 leaf)

Letters (correspondence)Blake, H. G. O. (Harrison Gray Otis), 1816?-1898 (Author)Thoreau,Sophia E. (Recipient)m.b. Thoreau

Cholmondeley, Reginald, 1826 - 1896Cholmondeley, Reginald, ALS to unknown correspondent. Mar. 4, 1866.March 4, 1866

Berg Coll MSS Thoreau m.b. (2 double leaves) (2 double leaves)Letters (correspondence)Cholmondeley, Reginald, 1826 - 1896 (Author)

m.b. Thoreau

Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882Emerson, R. W., ALS to Horace Greeley. Jul. 23, 1850. July 24, 1850Berg Coll MSS Emerson, R. W. m.b. (1 double leaf) (1 double leaf)Letters (correspondence)Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 (Author)Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872 (Recipient)m.b. Emerson Holographs & ALS A - H

Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882Emerson, R. W., letter to H. G. O. Blake, copy in hand of recipient. Oct. 14,[1877]. October 14, 1877Berg Coll MSS Thoreau m.b. (1 leaf) (1 leaf)Letters (correspondence)Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 (Author)Blake, H. G. O. (HarrisonGray Otis), 1816?-1898 (Recipient)m.b. Thoreau

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Filmer & Co.Filmer & Co, ALS to John Thoreau. Mar. 4, 1856. March 4, 1856Berg Coll MSS Thoreau (1 leaf) (1 leaf)Letters (correspondence)Filmer & Co. (Author)Thoreau, John, 1787-1859 (Recipient)HDT Original Autograph Manuscript Notes on Phenomenon of Nature

Series V Related Correspondence (cont.)

Filmer & Co.Filmer & Co., ALS to John Thoreau. [n.d.]. 1853 - 1856Berg Coll MSS Thoreau (1 leaf) (1 leaf)Letters (correspondence)Filmer & Co. (Author)Thoreau, John, 1787-1859 (Recipient)HDT Original Autograph Manuscript Notes on Phenomenon of Nature

Filmer & Co.

Filmer, William, ALS to John Thoreau. Oct. 27, 1854. October 27, 1854Berg Coll MSS Thoreau (1 leaf) (1 leaf)Letters (correspondence)Filmer & Co. (Author)Thoreau, John, 1787-1859 (Recipient)HDT Original Autograph Manuscript Notes on Phenomenon of Nature

Frank & AtkinsonFrank & Atkinson, ALS to John Thoreau. Apr. 27, 1855. April 27, 1855

Berg Coll MSS Thoreau (1 leaf) (1 leaf)Letters (correspondence)Frank & Atkinson (Author)Thoreau, John, 1787-1859 (Recipient)HDT Original Autograph Manuscript Notes on Phenomenon of Nature

Hudson, W. H. (William Henry), 1841-1922Hudson, W. H., ALS to [Henry S.] Salt. Jul. 10, 1917. July 10, 1917Berg Coll MSS Thoreau (1 leaf) (1 leaf)Letters (correspondence)Hudson, W. H. (William Henry), 1841-1922 (Author)Salt, HenryStephens, 1851-1939 (Recipient)Printed books: Thoreau, Yankee in Canada (1866). c1.

Jocelyn, Albert H.Jocelyn, A. H., ALS to John Thoreau. Mar. 6, 1855. March 6, 1855Berg Coll MSS Thoreau (1 leaf) (1 leaf)Letters (correspondence)Jocelyn, Albert H. (Author)Thoreau, John, 1787-1859 (Recipient)

HDT Original Autograph Manuscript Notes on Phenomenon of Nature

L. Johnson & Co.Johnson, L., & Co., ALS to John Thoreau. May 27, 1856. May 27, 1856Berg Coll MSS Thoreau (1 leaf) (1 leaf)Letters (correspondence)L. Johnson & Co. (Author)Thoreau, John, 1787-1859 (Recipient)HDT Original Autograph Manuscript Notes on Phenomenon of Nature

Jones & DenyseJones & Denyse, ALS to John Thoreau. Nov. 17, 1855. Previously Jones &Dingle... November 17, 1855Berg Coll MSS Thoreau (1 leaf) (1 leaf)Letters (correspondence)Jones & Denyse (Author)Thoreau, John, 1787-1859 (Recipient)HDT Original Autograph Manuscript Notes on Phenomenon of Nature

Knight, Silas P.Knight, S[ilas] P., ALS to John Thoreau. Feb. 20, 1854. February 20, 1854Berg Coll MSS Thoreau (1 leaf) (1 leaf)Letters (correspondence)Knight, Silas P. (Author)Thoreau, John, 1787-1859 (Recipient)Harper& Brothers (Other)HDT Original Autograph Manuscript Notes on Phenomenon of Nature

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Knight, Silas P.Knight, Silas P., ALS to John Thoreau. Jul. 9, [n.y.]. July 9, 1853 - July 9, 1858Berg Coll MSS Thoreau (1 leaf) (1 leaf)Letters (correspondence)Knight, Silas P. (Author)Thoreau, John, 1787-1859 (Recipient)Harper& Brothers (Other)HDT Original Autograph Manuscript Notes on Phenomenon of Nature

Series V Related Correspondence (cont.)

Monroe, Francis Saltus, 1806-1878Monroe, Francis, ALS to William Brown. Dec. 4, 1854. December 4, 1854Berg Coll MSS Thoreau (1 leaf) (1 leaf)Letters (correspondence)Monroe, Francis Saltus, 1806-1878 (Author)Brown, William(Recipient)

HDT Original Autograph Manuscript Notes on Phenomenon of Nature

Boston Stereotype FoundryPeters, Charles J.Peters, Charles J., ALS to John Thoreau. Oct. 24, 1853. October 24, 1853Berg Coll MSS Thoreau (1 leaf) (1 leaf)Letters (correspondence)Peters, Charles J. (Author)Boston Stereotype Foundry(Author)Thoreau, John, 1787-1859 (Recipient)HDT Original Autograph Manuscript Notes on Phenomenon of Nature

Sanborn, F. B. (Franklin Benjamin), 1831-1917Sanborn, F[ranklin] B[enjamin] TLS to [Charles Eliot] Goodspeed. Sep. 11,1908. September 11, 1908Berg Coll MSS Sanborn m.b. (1 leaf) (1 leaf)Letters (correspondence)Sanborn, F. B. (Franklin Benjamin), 1831-1917 (Author)Goodspeed,Charles E. (Charles Eliot), 1867-1950 (Other)m.b. Sad - Sanr

Smith, Thomas B.Smith, Thomas B., ALS to John Thoreau. Feb. 17, 1855. February 17, 1855Berg Coll MSS Thoreau (1 leaf) (1 leaf)Letters (correspondence)Smith, Thomas B. (Author)Thoreau, John, 1787-1859 (Recipient)HDT Original Autograph Manuscript Notes on Phenomenon of Nature

John F. Trow & Co.Trow, John F., ALS to John Thoreau. Mar. 5, 1856. March 5, 1856Berg Coll MSS Thoreau (1 leaf) (1 leaf)Letters (correspondence)John F. Trow & Co. (Author)Thoreau, John, 1787-1859 (Recipient)HDT Original Autograph Manuscript Notes on Phenomenon of Nature

White & Co., New York Type FoundryWhite, Charles

White, Charles, ALS to John Thoreau. Jul. 16, 1855. July 16, 1855Berg Coll MSS Thoreau (1 leaf) (1 leaf)

Letters (correspondence)White, Charles (Author)White & Co., New York Type Foundry(Author)Thoreau, John, 1787-1859 (Recipient)HDT Original Autograph Manuscript Notes on Phenomenon of Nature

Series VI Miscellaneous Items

[Daguerreotype portrait of Henry David Thoreau] June 18, 1856Berg Coll MSS Thoreau (1 daguerreotype) (1 daguerreotype)DaguerreotypesPortraitsMaxham, B. D. (Benjamin Dexter), 1821-1899 (Photographer)"Thoreau wrote of this 1856 daguerreotype by Benjamin Maxham: 'my friends think [it] is prettygood though better looking than I.' His friend Horace Hosmer thought it the best likeness ofThoreau he had ever seen. It was made at the request of an admirer apparently unknown toThoreau, who mailed him $5 in June 1856, with a request for two of his books and adaguerreotype of himself." Rodney Phillips, Hand of the Poet (New York: Rizzoli, 1997)

Daguerreotype of Thoreau

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Emerson, Ralph Waldo, inscription to, by HDT. Undated. 1849 - 1862Berg Coll MSS Thoreau inserted in Thoreau, Week on Concord and Merrimack Rivers (1849).c6. (1 leaf) (1 leaf)InscriptionsEmerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 (Recipient)Printed book: Thoreau, Week on Concord and Merrimack Rivers (1849). c6.

Series VI Miscellaneous Items (cont.)

Froude, James Anthony, inscription to, by HDT. Undated. 1849 - 1862Berg Coll MSS Thoreau inserted in Thoreau, Week on Concord and Merrimack Rivers (1849).c5. (1 leaf) (1 leaf)InscriptionsFroude, James Anthony, 1818-1894 (Recipient)W. T. H. Howe


Hawthorne, Nathaniel, inscription to, by HDT. Undated. 1849 - 1862Berg Coll MSS Thoreau inserted in Thoreau, Week on Concord and Merrimack Rivers (1849).c7. (1 leaf) (1 leaf)InscriptionsHawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864 (Recipient)


"Ktaadn and the Maine Woods," The Union Magazine of Literature and Art,annotated by Henry D. Thoreau. July 1848 - November 1848Berg Coll MSS Thoreau inserted in Thoreau, Maine Woods (1848; extracted from UnionMagazine). (17 leaves) (17 leaves)Letters (correspondence)Sartain, John, 1808-1897 (Publisher)Printed book: Thoreau, Maine Woods (1848; extracted from Union Magazine).

Pencil made by Henry D. Thoreau. 1827 - 1862Berg Coll MSS Thoreau (1 pencil) (1 pencil)PencilsPencil made by H. D. Thoreau

The Martyrdom of John Brown. Exercises at the Town Hall, in Concord, onFriday, December 2nd, 1859. December 2, 1859Berg Coll MSS Thoreau + (1 leaf) (1 leaf)

Harpers Ferry (W. Va.)--History--John Browns Raid, 1859s Raid, 1859BroadsidesEmerson,Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 (Speaker)Brown, John, 1800-1859 (Subject)Thoreau Dispersion of Seeds and Related Matters +

The Succession of Forest Trees October 6, 1860Berg Coll MSS Thoreau + (2 leaves) (2 leaves)NewspapersNew-York Weekly Tribune (Publisher)


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