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
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
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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