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[A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers]. Journal entry, dated "Wednesday, Sept. 4." Partly basis for part of "Wednesday."

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Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature

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Title
[A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers]. Journal entry, dated "Wednesday, Sept. 4." Partly basis for part of "Wednesday."
Names
Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862 (Author)
Collection

Henry David Thoreau collection

Series I. Manuscripts by Henry David Thoreau

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1839-09-04 (Approximate)
Library locations
Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature
Shelf locator: Berg Coll MSS Thoreau
Shelf locator: Printed book: Thoreau, Week on Concord and Merrimack Rivers (1849). c7.
Topics
Transcendentalism (New England)
Nature study
Meditations
Genres
Manuscripts
Travel writing
Notes
Citation/reference: William Howarth, The Literary Manuscripts of Henry David Thoreau (Columbus, Ohio: Ohio State University Press, 1974): not recorded.
Content: Includes many elements omitted from published "Week" and also often different form from in published "Journal." See passages on camping ("We supposed we had selected a retired part of the shore...") and Indians ("What do our anniversaries commemorate but white men’s exploits"), also part the basis of "Wednesday" passage starting "Not long after this we saw the Piscataquoag..." (journal: "We soon after saw the Piscataquoag...").
Ownership: Nathaniel Hawthorne; Stephen H. Wakeman; W. T. H. Howe
Content: [4 written pages] ink, correction in pencil. Tipped into A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers. Boston: James Munroe & Co., 1849. Copy 7. This copy is inscribed to Nathaniel Hawthorne
Physical Description
Extent: 1 double leaf
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b15520476
MSS Unit ID: 19098
Accession number: 173735B
Other local Identifier: 4882039
Other local Identifier: 347ff1f0-206e-0130-7c90-58d385a7b928
Other local Identifier: Berg Coll MSS Thoreau inserted in Thoreau, Week on Concord and Merrimack Rivers (1849). c7.
Archives EAD ID: 949813
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 347ff1f0-206e-0130-7c90-58d385a7b928
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Item timeline of events

  • 1817: Creator Born
  • 1839: Created
  • 1862: Creator Died
  • 2021: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
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Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. "[A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers]. Journal entry, dated "Wednesday, Sept. 4." Partly basis for part of "Wednesday."" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1839. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/1d4ca970-7292-0132-4a33-58d385a7b928

Chicago/Turabian Format

Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. "[A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers]. Journal entry, dated "Wednesday, Sept. 4." Partly basis for part of "Wednesday."" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 13, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/1d4ca970-7292-0132-4a33-58d385a7b928

APA Format

Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. (1839). [A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers]. Journal entry, dated "Wednesday, Sept. 4." Partly basis for part of "Wednesday." Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/1d4ca970-7292-0132-4a33-58d385a7b928

Wikipedia Citation

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[A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers]. Journal entry, dated "Wednesday, Sept. 4." Partly basis for part of "Wednesday."