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The Allegash and East Branch : early draft of Part III of The Maine Woods
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A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers : early draft
Manuscripts
Manuscript (holograph) of an early draft, incomplete, of "A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers" by Henry David Thoreau.
mssHM 13195
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A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers : early draft, incomplete
Manuscripts
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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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
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Independence : poem, early draft
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Manuscript (holograph) of an early draft of "Independence," a poem in 4 stanzas of 4 lines each. On the reverse: 2 stanzas of verse (in pencil).
mssHM 13186
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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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Sir Walter Raleigh : first draft
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Manuscript (holograph), partly in pencil, of the first lecture draft of an essay on Sir Walter Raleigh, incomplete, with notes. Some pages are cut or torn.
mssHM 935