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[Walden]. 1 leaf of holograph draft. Unsigned and undated

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Title

[Walden]. 1 leaf of holograph draft. Unsigned and undated

Collection

Henry David Thoreau collection
Series I. Manuscripts by Henry David Thoreau

Names

Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862 (Author)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1847 - 1854
Place: Concord, MA

Library Location

Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature
Shelf locator: Berg Coll MSS Thoreau
Shelf locator: Page Original MS from Chapter 3 of Walden

Subjects

Transcendentalism (New England)
Nature study
Concord (Mass.)
Education
Reading
Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862. Walden

Genres

Manuscripts
Autobiographies

Notes

Ownership: W. T. H. Howe
Content: [2 written sides] from Chapter 3. "...only as far as easy reading.... each has answered them according to his ability in his..." Corresponds to pp. 116-117 of the first edition.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 leaf

Languages

English

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b15520476
Archives ID: 19098
accession number: 184105B
NYPL Exhibition ID: TL 20.01.WW12
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 4b9fb7d0-1a12-0130-d3b4-58d385a7bbd0

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Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. "[Walden]. 1 leaf of holograph draft. Unsigned and undated" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1847 - 1854. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4b9fb7d0-1a12-0130-d3b4-58d385a7bbd0

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Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. (1847 - 1854). [Walden]. 1 leaf of holograph draft. Unsigned and undated Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4b9fb7d0-1a12-0130-d3b4-58d385a7bbd0

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Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. "[Walden]. 1 leaf of holograph draft. Unsigned and undated" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 12, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4b9fb7d0-1a12-0130-d3b4-58d385a7bbd0

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