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The Fall of the Leaf. Holograph poem. Unsigned and undated. Mutilated.

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

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Henry David Thoreau collection

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Series I. Manuscripts by Henry David Thoreau

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Title
The Fall of the Leaf. Holograph poem. Unsigned and undated. Mutilated.
Names
Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862 (Author)
Collection

Henry David Thoreau collection

Series I. Manuscripts by Henry David Thoreau

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1841 (Approximate)
Library locations
Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature
Shelf locator: Berg Coll MSS Thoreau
Shelf locator: m.b. Thoreau
Topics
Transcendentalism (New England)
Nature study
Genres
Manuscripts
Poetry
Notes
Subject completeness: First line: "Grown tired of the rank summer's wealth..." In ed. Witherell, Collected Essays and Poems, 2001, p. 561. ("Grown tired of this rank summer's wealth...").
Citation/reference: William Howarth, The Literary Manuscripts of Henry David Thoreau (Columbus, Ohio: Ohio State University Press, 1974): B10f.
Content: 7 written pages, most of last page torn away. Ink with pencil emendations.
Physical Description
Extent: 2 double leaves
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b15520476
MSS Unit ID: 19098
Accession number: 66B1203
Other local Identifier: 4880129
Other local Identifier: 6a486060-1653-0130-7b9b-58d385a7bbd0
Other local Identifier: Berg Coll MSS Thoreau m.b.
Archives EAD ID: 949788
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 6a486060-1653-0130-7b9b-58d385a7bbd0
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Item timeline of events

  • 1817: Creator Born
  • 1841: Created
  • 1862: Creator Died
  • 2021: Digitized
  • 2025: Found by you!
  • 2026

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Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. "The Fall of the Leaf. Holograph poem. Unsigned and undated. Mutilated." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1841. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/20293560-5622-0132-573f-58d385a7b928

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Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. "The Fall of the Leaf. Holograph poem. Unsigned and undated. Mutilated." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 22, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/20293560-5622-0132-573f-58d385a7b928

APA Format

Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. (1841). The Fall of the Leaf. Holograph poem. Unsigned and undated. Mutilated. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/20293560-5622-0132-573f-58d385a7b928

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The Fall of the Leaf. Holograph poem. Unsigned and undated. Mutilated.