Date: Includes poetry, Chinese and Indian philosophy, religion and mythology, from works with publication dates of 1834, 1840, 1841, 1850.
Citation/Reference: William Howarth, The Literary Manuscripts of Henry David Thoreau (Columbus, Ohio: Ohio State University Press, 1974): F8.
Ownership: Stephen H. Wakeman book plate.
Content: 268 pages in total, written as far as p. 240, with some blank pages.

Physical Description

Extent: 184 leaves

Languages

English

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b15520476
Archives ID: 19098
accession number: 66B0673
Other local Identifier: 4880142
Other local Identifier: f611f320-17df-0130-ebd4-58d385a7bbd0
Other local Identifier: Berg Coll MSS Thoreau
Archives EAD ID: 949784
Archives Components ID: 767575
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): f611f320-17df-0130-ebd4-58d385a7bbd0

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Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. "[Commonplace Book]. Signed, undated." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1830 - 1862. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f611f320-17df-0130-ebd4-58d385a7bbd0

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Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. (1830 - 1862). [Commonplace Book]. Signed, undated. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f611f320-17df-0130-ebd4-58d385a7bbd0

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Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. "[Commonplace Book]. Signed, undated." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 15, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f611f320-17df-0130-ebd4-58d385a7bbd0

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