Wild Apples. 4 leaves of holograph draft, unsigned and undated.
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Title
Wild Apples. 4 leaves of holograph draft, unsigned and undated.
Collection
Henry David Thoreau collection
Series I. Manuscripts by Henry David Thoreau
Names
Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862 (Author)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1850 - 1860
Place: Concord, MA
Library Location
Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature
Shelf locator: Berg Coll MSS Thoreau
Shelf locator: H.D.Thoreau Original Manuscript -- Wild Apples Chapter of Excursions +
Subjects
Transcendentalism (New England)
Nature study
Concord (Mass.)
Natural history
Genres
Notes
Date: 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 in November 1862 in the Atlantic Monthly, posthumously. It was published in book form in Excursions (1863).
Ownership: W. T. H. Howe
Content: Typed transcription, 5 leaves.
Physical Description
Extent: 4 leaves
All with attachments, affixed by wax.
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Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b15520476
Archives ID: 19098
accession number: 179896B
Other local Identifier: 4880752
Other local Identifier: 1cf09880-1b1b-0130-42aa-58d385a7b928
Other local Identifier: Berg Coll MSS Thoreau +
Archives EAD ID: 949814
Archives Components ID: 767605
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 1cf09880-1b1b-0130-42aa-58d385a7b928
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Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. "Wild Apples. 4 leaves of holograph draft, unsigned and undated." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1850 - 1860. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/1cf09880-1b1b-0130-42aa-58d385a7b928
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Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. (1850 - 1860). Wild Apples. 4 leaves of holograph draft, unsigned and undated. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/1cf09880-1b1b-0130-42aa-58d385a7b928
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Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. "Wild Apples. 4 leaves of holograph draft, unsigned and undated." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 9, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/1cf09880-1b1b-0130-42aa-58d385a7b928
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