Adams, James, printed certificate for John Camson[?]. Jan. 24, 1861.

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Title
Adams, James, printed certificate for John Camson[?]. Jan. 24, 1861.
Names
Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862 (Addressee)
Adam, James (Signer)
Camson, John (Associated name)
Collection

Henry David Thoreau collection

Series IV. Incoming Correspondence

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1861-01-24 (Questionable)
Place: Concord, MA
Library locations
Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature
Shelf locator: Berg Coll MSS Thoreau
Shelf locator: Thoreau Notes on Fruits +
Topics
Authors, American -- 19th century
Intellectuals -- United States
Naturalists -- United States
Concord (Mass.)
Genres
Correspondence
Notes
Biographical/historical: Census records appear to show no John Camson and several John Lamsons alive in Middlesex county in 1860, but the initial letter is written the same as that of "Concord."
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), n/a.
Content: [1 written side], Certificate of measurement of load of wood at 9 feet, for John Camson. Used by HDT as paper for [Notes on Fruits], page numbered 127 verso.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 leaf
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b15520476
MSS Unit ID: 19098
Accession number: 173769B
Other local Identifier: 4882088
Other local Identifier: 936be1e0-2127-0130-25d9-58d385a7b928
Other local Identifier: 6f398cd0-1aec-0130-76a0-58d385a7bbd0
Other local Identifier: Berg Coll MSS Thoreau +
Archives EAD ID: 949866
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 936be1e0-2127-0130-25d9-58d385a7b928
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Item timeline of events

  • 1817: Creator Born
  • 1861: Created
  • 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. "Adams, James, printed certificate for John Camson[?]. Jan. 24, 1861." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1861. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/aac16ca0-175b-0132-2373-58d385a7b928

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Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. "Adams, James, printed certificate for John Camson[?]. Jan. 24, 1861." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 19, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/aac16ca0-175b-0132-2373-58d385a7b928

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Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. (1861). Adams, James, printed certificate for John Camson[?]. Jan. 24, 1861. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/aac16ca0-175b-0132-2373-58d385a7b928

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Adams, James, printed certificate for John Camson[?]. Jan. 24, 1861.