[A Yankee in Canada]. Fragment of manuscript version.

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Title
[A Yankee in Canada]. Fragment of manuscript version.
Names
Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862 (Author)
Collection

Henry David Thoreau collection

Series I. Manuscripts by Henry David Thoreau

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1850 - 1853
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
Essays
Notes
Subject completeness: Text appears in different order from published versions.
Date: HDT traveled to Canada from September 25 to October 2, 1850. First version appeared in 1853 as "An Excursion to Canada" (Putnam's Monthly), later in book form A Yankee in Canada (1866).
Citation/reference: William Howarth, The Literary Manuscripts of Henry David Thoreau (Columbus, Ohio: Ohio State University Press, 1974): D21c, D21f.
Ownership: W. T. H. Howe
Content: [5 written sides]. Typed transcription, 5 leaves.
Physical Description
Extent: 5 leaves
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b15520476
MSS Unit ID: 19098
Accession number: 246033B
Other local Identifier: 4880137
Other local Identifier: af169f20-17c3-0130-73fd-58d385a7b928
Other local Identifier: Berg Coll MSS Thoreau m.b.
Archives EAD ID: 949815
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): af169f20-17c3-0130-73fd-58d385a7b928
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Item timeline of events

  • 1817: Creator Born
  • 1850: Created (Approximate)
  • 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 Yankee in Canada]. Fragment of manuscript version." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1850 - 1853. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/3c1da1e0-562a-0132-d73d-58d385a7b928

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Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. "[A Yankee in Canada]. Fragment of manuscript version." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 19, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/3c1da1e0-562a-0132-d73d-58d385a7b928

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Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. (1850 - 1853). [A Yankee in Canada]. Fragment of manuscript version. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/3c1da1e0-562a-0132-d73d-58d385a7b928

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[A Yankee in Canada]. Fragment of manuscript version.