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

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Henry David Thoreau collection

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Series I. Manuscripts by Henry David Thoreau

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Title
[A Plea for Captain John Brown], notes for lecture, holograph, unsigned, undated.
Names
Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862 (Author)
Collection

Henry David Thoreau collection

Series I. Manuscripts by Henry David Thoreau

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1859-10-17 - 1859-10-30
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: Notes on Fruits +
Topics
Transcendentalism (New England)
Nature study
Concord (Mass.)
Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) -- History -- John Brown's Raid, 1859
Brown, John, 1800-1859
Genres
Manuscripts
Lectures
notes (documents)
Notes
Date: Raid on Harper's Ferry took place on October 16, 1859, and HDT first delivered the lecture on October 30, 1859.
Citation/reference: William Howarth, The Literary Manuscripts of Henry David Thoreau (Columbus, Ohio: Ohio State University Press, 1974): no reference.
Ownership: W. T. H. Howe
Content: Included in [Notes on fruits], on p. [343].
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: 4881159
Other local Identifier: 12384480-1c76-0130-e8de-58d385a7bbd0
Other local Identifier: 6f398cd0-1aec-0130-76a0-58d385a7bbd0
Other local Identifier: Berg Coll MSS Thoreau +
Archives EAD ID: 949806
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 12384480-1c76-0130-e8de-58d385a7bbd0
Rights Statement
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Item timeline of events

  • 1817: Creator Born
  • 1859: Created (Approximate)
  • 1862: Creator Died
  • 2021: Digitized
  • 2025: Found by you!
  • 2026

MLA Format

Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. "[A Plea for Captain John Brown], notes for lecture, holograph, unsigned, undated." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1859 - 1859. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c1e3e1b0-175b-0132-25a6-58d385a7b928

Chicago/Turabian Format

Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. "[A Plea for Captain John Brown], notes for lecture, holograph, unsigned, undated." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed July 17, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c1e3e1b0-175b-0132-25a6-58d385a7b928

APA Format

Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. (1859 - 1859). [A Plea for Captain John Brown], notes for lecture, holograph, unsigned, undated. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c1e3e1b0-175b-0132-25a6-58d385a7b928

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<ref name=NYPL>{{cite web | url=https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c1e3e1b0-175b-0132-25a6-58d385a7b928 | title= (text) [A Plea for Captain John Brown], notes for lecture, holograph, unsigned, undated., (1859 - 1859)|author=Digital Collections, The New York Public Library |accessdate=July 17, 2025 |publisher=The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations}}</ref>

[A Plea for Captain John Brown], notes for lecture, holograph, unsigned, undated.