x Note: [411 numbered pages.]
Leaves of varying sizes, and with additional slips attached with wax as additions or emendations.
MS also written on paper of 10 letters [1857-60], 1 form, and 6 copies of advertisement for The Martyrdom of John Brown (Dec. 2, 1857).
In addition, newspaper clippings from New-York Weekly Tribune, Saturday Oct. 6, 1860, "The Succession of Forest Trees," by Henry D. Thoreau. 2 leaves [one with section excised--material pasted onto pages 303, 306 and 313 of "The Dispersion of Seeds" below].
1-45: 4 single, 9 double leaves, (of which, 1 with attachment, written on verso of John Brown notice)-- The Dispersion of Seeds.
46-57: 7 small-format leaves -- notes.
58-67a: 2 oversize leaves; 1 double leaf; 1 single leaf -- on Huckleberries.
67b-95: 3 single leaves; 6 double leaves -- The Dispersion of Seeds.
96-128: 11 single leaves; 3 double leaves -- Journal entries, June 9, 54; June 10-13, 51; June 15, 54; June 16, 52; June 18, 52; June 18, 53.
129-138: 3 single leaves; 1 double leaf -- Journal entries, May 13, 56; June 3, 56; Sep 24, 57; Mar 25, 55; Nov 10, 58; Oct 16, 57; Aug 30, 54; Jun 17, 60; Mar 5, 55; Ju[?] 28, 54; Sep 24, 57; Oct 6, 57; Ap 29, 57; Feb 14, 56; July 20, 60.
139-65: 3 single leaves; 5 double leaves (of which, 2 with attachments) -- The Dispersion of Seeds.
166-193: 7 single leaves & 3 double leaves (of which, 1 with attachment) -- The Dispersion of Seeds
194-201: 3 single leaves; 1 double leaf -- Dispersion of Seeds.
202-208: 4 single leaves (includes verso of John Brown and letter) -- Dispersion of Seeds.
209-232: 7 single leaves; 2 double leaves (of these: 3 singles on verso of John Brown, foot of page in bad condition; 2 singles have one or more attachments/additional pages attached) -- Journal / Dispersion.
233-235: 1 leaf with attachment -- Notes on introduced plants.
236-245: 4 single leaves; 1 double leaf -- Dispersion of Seeds.
247-399: 29 single leaves (4 with one or more attachments); 23 double leaves (5 with one or more attachments) -- Journal/Dispersion.
400-411: 3 single leaves; 1 double leaf -- notes, index notes.
(Pages 336-338a is particularly complex with extra elements being affixed over others; 358-363 includes 3 attachments.)
Uses incoming letters:
Adams Express Co. (Joseph Stubbs), printed form for HDT. Jan. 31, 186- (p. 35) ;
Welch, Bigelow & Co., ALS to HDT. Oct. 30, 1860 (p. 52) ;
Johnson, L., & Co, MS letter to HDT. Mar. 22, 1861 (p. 55) ;
HDT draft ALS to Welch, Bigelow & Co. Jul. 27, 1860 (p. 194) ;
Field, Benjamin F., (Frederic Tudor p.p.), letter to HDT, Feb. 12, 1861 (p. 203) ;
Hobart & Robbins, MS letter to HDT. Dec. 3, 1860 (p. 226) ;
Chase, A. S., ALS to HDT. Oct. 5, 1860 (p. 283) ;
Ricker, Charles P., ALS to HDT. Sep. [6?], 1860 (p. 298) ;
Conway, M[oncure] D[aniel], ALS to HDT. Nov. 26, [1860] (p. 309) ;
Ricker, Charles P., ALS to HDT. Aug. 31, 1860 (p. 384) ;
C_____, Edwin Brown, ALS to HDT. Jul. 14, 1857 (p. 400) .