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Items Blake, Harrison G. O., AL[S] to. [Mar. 27, 1848.] Mutilated.

Blake, Harrison G. O., AL[S] to. [Mar. 27, 1848.] Mutilated.

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

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Henry David Thoreau Papers, 1837-1917 bulk (1837-1860)

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Series III: Outgoing Correspondence

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Title
Blake, Harrison G. O., AL[S] to. [Mar. 27, 1848.] Mutilated.
Names
Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862 (Author)
Blake, H. G. O. (Harrison Gray Otis), 1816?-1898 (Addressee)
Collection

Henry David Thoreau Papers, 1837-1917 bulk (1837-1860)

Series III: Outgoing Correspondence

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1848-03-27
Place: [n.p.]
Library locations
Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature
Shelf locator: Berg Coll MSS Thoreau
Shelf locator: H.D.Thoreau Autograph Letter to Blake
Topics
Authors, American -- 19th century
Intellectuals -- United States
Naturalists -- United States
Genres
Correspondence
Notes
Ownership: W. T. H. Howe
Citation/reference: The Correspondence of Henry David Thoreau, ed. Walter Harding and Carl Bode (NYC: New York University Press, 1958), 214-17 (text of whole letter from Sanborn's printed text [Familiar Letters of Thoreau]; this fragment of MS or draft concludes the letter, starting on p. 216). The Writings of Henry D. Thoreau, The Correspondence, vol. 1, 1834-1848, ed. Robert N. Hudspeth (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2013), 359-364.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 leaf
No opening. MS note at end, indicating removal of signature, and supplying words on reverse. Letter is torn and taped.
Note indicating "[copied]" [i.e. that Blake made a copy before giving this original.]
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b15520476
MSS Unit ID: 19098
Other local Identifier: 184115B
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): c8dc7f60-02a6-0131-19d5-58d385a7bbd0
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Item timeline of events

  • 1817: Creator Born
  • 1848: Created
  • 1862: Creator Died
  • 2016: Digitized
  • 2021: Found by you!
  • 2022

MLA Format

Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. "Blake, Harrison G. O., AL[S] to. [Mar. 27, 1848.] Mutilated." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1848. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4904a010-7a59-0132-bb8e-58d385a7b928

Chicago/Turabian Format

Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. "Blake, Harrison G. O., AL[S] to. [Mar. 27, 1848.] Mutilated." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 20, 2021. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4904a010-7a59-0132-bb8e-58d385a7b928

APA Format

Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. (1848). Blake, Harrison G. O., AL[S] to. [Mar. 27, 1848.] Mutilated. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4904a010-7a59-0132-bb8e-58d385a7b928

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Blake, Harrison G. O., AL[S] to. [Mar. 27, 1848.] Mutilated.