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A Walk to Wachusett. Holograph draft, dated 1842.

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Item data

Title

A Walk to Wachusett. Holograph draft, dated 1842.

Collection

Henry David Thoreau collection
Series I. Manuscripts by Henry David Thoreau

Names

Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862 (Author)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1842

Library Location

Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature
Shelf locator: Berg Coll MSS Thoreau
Shelf locator: Thoreau Nature and Bird Notes +

Subjects

Transcendentalism (New England)
Nature study

Genres

Manuscripts
Essays

Notes

Citation/Reference: William Howarth, The Literary Manuscripts of Henry David Thoreau (Columbus, Ohio: Ohio State University Press, 1974): C4a .
Publications: Published in Excursions (1863)
Ownership: Stephen H. Wakeman; W. T. H. Howe.
Content: Contained within bound volume [Nature and Bird Notes], Sophia, John and H. D. Thoreau, pp. 63-87.

Physical Description

Extent: 13 leaves

Languages

English

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b15520476
Archives ID: 19098
accession number: 173802B
Other local Identifier: 4881154
Other local Identifier: 1afcfa20-1c6f-0130-d3a3-58d385a7bbd0
Other local Identifier: Berg Coll MSS Thoreau +
Archives EAD ID: 949810
Archives Components ID: 767601
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 1afcfa20-1c6f-0130-d3a3-58d385a7bbd0

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Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. "A Walk to Wachusett. Holograph draft, dated 1842." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1842. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/1afcfa20-1c6f-0130-d3a3-58d385a7bbd0

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Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. (1842). A Walk to Wachusett. Holograph draft, dated 1842. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/1afcfa20-1c6f-0130-d3a3-58d385a7bbd0

Chicago/Turabian Format

Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. "A Walk to Wachusett. Holograph draft, dated 1842." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 17, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/1afcfa20-1c6f-0130-d3a3-58d385a7bbd0

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