Manuscripts

An excursion to Canada : revised version of chaps. I and II, incomplete

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Description: Manuscript (holograph) of a revised version of Chapters I and II, incomplete, of "An Excursion to Canada" (later published as part of "A Yankee in Canada," 1866). 57 leaves, with versos blank except for occasional penciled notes.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: [1851-1853]
Call number: mssHM 950
Creator: Thoreau, Henry David (1817-1862)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Anderson Galleries, Huntington-Bixby-Church sale, March 30, 1916, no. 900, 1916.
Restrictions: RESTRICTED. Available with curatorial approval. Requires extended retrieval and delivery time.
Dimensions: 9 3/8 x 7 5/8 in.
Associated people: Bixby, William K. (1857-1931,)
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