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A course of lectures on Cape Cod : draft

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Description: Manuscript (holograph) of a draft of "Cape Cod" with later notes, corrections, and additions, bearing the title: "A Course of Lectures on Cape Cod." Some leaves are torn.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: [1850-1860?].
Call number: mssHM 13206
Creator: Thoreau, Henry David (1817-1862)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Bixby sale.
Restrictions: RESTRICTED. Available with curatorial approval. Requires extended retrieval and delivery time.
Dimensions: leaves chiefly 9 3/4 x 7 3/4 in.
Associated people: Bixby, William K. (1857-1931,)

Sir Walter Raleigh : final draft

Manuscripts

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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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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Sir Walter Raleigh : first draft

Manuscripts

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

General Phenomena for April; Phenomena for Feb. 1860 : indexes to the Journal, 1851-1860

Manuscripts

Manuscript (holograph) of notes by Henry David Thoreau of natural phenomena for April, 1851-1860, used as an index to Thoreau's journal. Laid into a folder bearing a note by F. B. Sanborn. Partly written on the reverse of portions of a draft of Thoreau's "Plea for John Brown."

mssHM 13203

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Walden; or, life in the woods

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Volume 1 [Draft A], late September 1846 to September 1847; Volumes 2-3 [Drafts B-C], mid 1848 to late summer 1849; Volume 4 [Draft D], early 1852 to September 1852; Volume 5 [Draft E], September 1852-1853; Volume 6 [Draft F], late 1853 to early 1854; Volume 7 [Draft G], February and March 1854; Volume 8 [Additional Material], [1854]. The eight manuscript volumes, partly in pencil, include parts of early versions, with some torn pages; the volumes contain substantial corrections and deletions. The work is a memoir of simple living in natural surroundings that includes spiritual discovery, social experiment, and satire; it was written over the course of two years, two months, and two days but Thoreau compressed the time into a single calendar year.

mssHM 924

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Independence : poem, early draft

Manuscripts

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

A course of lectures on Cape Cod : draft

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