Pierce, Josiah, Jr., ALS to HDT. Oct. 18, 1850.
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Title
Pierce, Josiah, Jr., ALS to HDT. Oct. 18, 1850.
Collection
Henry David Thoreau collection
Series IV. Incoming Correspondence
Names
Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862 (Addressee)
Pierce, Josiah, 1827-1913 (Author)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1850-10-18
Place: Portland, ME
Library Location
Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature
Shelf locator: Berg Coll MSS Thoreau
Shelf locator: Thoreau Night and Moonlight
Subjects
Authors, American -- 19th century
Intellectuals -- United States
Naturalists -- United States
Portland (Me.)
Genres
Notes
Ownership: W. T. H. Howe
Citation/Reference: The Correspondence of Henry David Thoreau, ed. Walter Harding and Carl Bode (NYC: New York University Press, 1958), 267.
Content: [1 written side]. Used by HDT as paper for notes on Night and Moonlight, page numbered 59.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 leaf
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Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b15520476
Archives ID: 19098
accession number: 179900B
Other local Identifier: 4881630
Other local Identifier: 146203b0-1d68-0130-14b9-58d385a7b928
Other local Identifier: 6ae542c0-1a16-0130-76f0-58d385a7bbd0
Other local Identifier: Berg Coll MSS Thoreau
Archives EAD ID: 949905
Archives Components ID: 767696
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 146203b0-1d68-0130-14b9-58d385a7b928
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Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. "Pierce, Josiah, Jr., ALS to HDT. Oct. 18, 1850." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1850. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/146203b0-1d68-0130-14b9-58d385a7b928
APA format
Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. (1850). Pierce, Josiah, Jr., ALS to HDT. Oct. 18, 1850. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/146203b0-1d68-0130-14b9-58d385a7b928
Chicago/Turabian Format
Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. "Pierce, Josiah, Jr., ALS to HDT. Oct. 18, 1850." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 19, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/146203b0-1d68-0130-14b9-58d385a7b928
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