Essays, Second Series. Draft of part of opening paragraph of "Nature." Holograph, unsigned, undated
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Title
Essays, Second Series. Draft of part of opening paragraph of "Nature." Holograph, unsigned, undated
Collection
Ralph Waldo Emerson collection of papers
Series I: Manuscripts
Names
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 (Author)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1844
Library Location
Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature
Shelf locator: Berg Coll MSS Emerson
Shelf locator: m.b. Emerson ALS A - H
Subjects
Intellectuals -- United States
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Notes
Funding: Digitization was made possible by a lead gift from The Polonsky Foundation.
Ownership: Owen D. Young
Publications: Essays, Second Series (Boston: James Munroe, 1844). (publications)
Citation/Reference: The Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, vol. 3, Essays, Second Series, ed. Joseph Slater, Alfred R. Ferguson and Jean Ferguson Carr (Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press, 1983), 99.
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NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b19738382
Archives ID: 22322
Other local Identifier: 4882342
Other local Identifier: 7a7bcb30-26b0-0130-3996-58d385a7b928
Other local Identifier: Berg Coll MSS Emerson m.b.
Archives EAD ID: 945929
Archives Components ID: 763379
Accession number: 214563B
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 2e55d8d0-091a-013a-6340-0242ac110003
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Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. "Essays, Second Series. Draft of part of opening paragraph of "Nature." Holograph, unsigned, undated" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 17, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2e55d8d0-091a-013a-6340-0242ac110003
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