Alcott, Abigail M., ALS to HDT. [May 23, 1860].
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Title
Alcott, Abigail M., ALS to HDT. [May 23, 1860].
Collection
Henry David Thoreau collection
Series IV. Incoming Correspondence
Names
Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862 (Addressee)
Alcott, Abba May, 1800-1877 (Author)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1860-05-23
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: Thoreau Notes on Fruits +
Subjects
Authors, American -- 19th century
Intellectuals -- United States
Naturalists -- United States
Concord (Mass.)
Genres
Notes
Date: Invitation for "this day to celebrate the marriage of our dear Anna and John," married at Orchard House on May 23, 1860.
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), 580.
Content: [1 written page], signed Abby Alcott. Used by HDT as paper for Notes on Fruits, page numbered 176a.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 double leaf
Languages
Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b15520476
Archives ID: 19098
accession number: 173769B
Other local Identifier: 4881321
Other local Identifier: f15d7210-1d3b-0130-e2b5-58d385a7bbd0
Other local Identifier: 6f398cd0-1aec-0130-76a0-58d385a7bbd0
Other local Identifier: Berg Coll MSS Thoreau +
Archives EAD ID: 949867
Archives Components ID: 767658
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): f15d7210-1d3b-0130-e2b5-58d385a7bbd0
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Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. "Alcott, Abigail M., ALS to HDT. [May 23, 1860]." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1860. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f15d7210-1d3b-0130-e2b5-58d385a7bbd0
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Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. (1860). Alcott, Abigail M., ALS to HDT. [May 23, 1860]. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f15d7210-1d3b-0130-e2b5-58d385a7bbd0
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Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. "Alcott, Abigail M., ALS to HDT. [May 23, 1860]." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 8, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f15d7210-1d3b-0130-e2b5-58d385a7bbd0
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