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A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers : early draft

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    A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers : fragments of an early draft

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    Manuscript (holograph) of two fragments of an early draft of "A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers" by Henry David Thoreau.

    mssHM 13194

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    A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers : early draft, incomplete

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    Manuscript (holograph) of an early, incomplete draft of "Monday" and "Tuesday" of "A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers" by Henry David Thoreau, with annotations by F. B. Sanborn. 5 leaves have been torn and repaired. Includes separated binding, housed separately.

    mssHM 956

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    The Seven Against Thebes : early draft of translation

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    Manuscript holograph rough draft of a translation into English by Henry David Thoreau of "The Seven Against Thebes" by Aeschylus.

    mssHM 13193

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    Sir Walter Raleigh : final draft

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    Manuscript (holograph) of a final draft of an essay on Sir Walter Raleigh by Henry David Thoreau, with corrections in pencil. Some leaves cut.

    mssHM 943

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    Prometheus Bound of Aeschylus : first draft of a translation into English

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    Manuscript (holograph) of the first draft of a translation by Henry David Thoreau of Prometheus Bound, translated from Aeschylus. With some notes and changes in pencil.

    mssHM 926

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    An excursion to Canada : early draft

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    Manuscript (holograph) of an early draft, in lecture form, of "An excursion to Canada" (later published as part of "A Yankee in Canada," 1866). Leaf 90 is a certificate by Thoreau of his measurement of a woodlot (1851 December 8). With a note appended by F.B. Sanborn, 1907.

    mssHM 949