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An excursion to Canada : final revised version
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An excursion to Canada : revised version of chaps. I and II, incomplete
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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.
mssHM 950
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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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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
General Phenomena for April; Phenomena for Feb. 1860 : indexes to the Journal, 1851-1860
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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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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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Index Rerum
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Manuscript (holograph, signed) commonplace book, "Index rerum," containing an index to Thoreau's Journal, a library catalogue, original compositions, and reviews of books. Partly in pencil. Laid into the volume is a letter to Thoreau from Ticknor & Fields, 1862 April 11 (incomplete); a list of books from Thoreau's library by Elizabeth J. Weir; and a list of "Books in my possession," by F. H. Bigelow, 1872 June.
mssHM 945