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

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Title

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

Collection

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

Names

Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862 (Author)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1841 (Approximate)

Library Location

Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature
Shelf locator: Berg Coll MSS Thoreau
Shelf locator: m.b. Thoreau

Subjects

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

Languages

English

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b15520476
Archives 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
Archives Components ID: 767579
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 6a486060-1653-0130-7b9b-58d385a7bbd0

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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/6a486060-1653-0130-7b9b-58d385a7bbd0

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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/6a486060-1653-0130-7b9b-58d385a7bbd0

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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 December 13, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6a486060-1653-0130-7b9b-58d385a7bbd0

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