Manuscripts

Letters between Henry David Thoreau and Isaac Hecker

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Description: Four letters between Henry David Thoreau and Isaac T. Hecker consisting of: a letter to Thoreau from Hecker, New York, 1844 July 31, A.L.S. 3 pp. (HM 20110); a letter to Thoreau from Hecker, New York, 1844 August 15, A.L.S. 3 pp. (HM 20108); a letter to Hecker from Thoreau, 1844 August 14, A.L.S. 3 pp. (HM 20109); and a letter to Hecker from Thoreau, [1844], A.L.S. 2 pp., with a note by Hecker on the verso (HM 20107).
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1844
Call number: mssHM 20107-20110
Creator: Thoreau, Henry David (1817-1862)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from American Art Association, Wakeman sale; April 28-29, 1924, item 103, 1924.
Restrictions: RESTRICTED. Available with curatorial approval. Requires extended retrieval and delivery time.
Associated people: Hecker, Isaac Thomas, (1819-1888,); Wakeman, Stephen H., (1859-1924,)
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