Manuscripts

Calendar for March : index to the Journal, approximately 1860

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Description: Manuscript (holograph). With marginal note on page 1 by Franklin Benjamin Sanborn. Written on the reverse of portions of Thoreau's "Plea for John Brown" (not in sequence).
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1860
Call number: mssHM 13202
Creator: Thoreau, Henry David (1817-1862)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Anderson Galleries, Huntington-Bixby-Church sale, no. 906, 1916.
Restrictions: RESTRICTED. Available with curatorial approval. Requires extended retrieval and delivery time.

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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Journal : fragments

Manuscripts

Manuscript (holograph) of fragments of the journal of Henry David Thoreau in 3 envelopes. Envelope I contains 30 leaves are assigned by F.B. Sanborn to a period before 1848, including 20 consecutive leaves for 1843 September 24-1844 January 7. Envelope II contains 52 leaves said by Sanborn to be portions of a Journal volume covering the greater part of 1848, the whole of 1849, and more than 3 months of 1850. There is a partial index to this volume in Thoreau's hand. Envelope III contains a miscellaneous group of 13 leaves, dated about 1842-1850 that were segregated by reasons of publication.

mssHM 13182

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Love and Friendship : draft of an essay

Manuscripts

Manuscript (holograph) draft of an essay on "Love" and "Chastity and Sensuality." With two marginal annotations by F. B. Sanborn.

mssHM 13196

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[Nature notes for the months of April and May]

Manuscripts

Manuscript (holograph) of notes on nature during the months of April and May in 1851-1853, compiled from Thoreau's journal and written on the reverse of a summons to Henry David Thoreau to appear at the Court of Common Pleas in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in the case of Leonard Spalding Lots vs. Wm. C. Benjamin.

mssHM 13198

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Miscellaneous. At Sundown on river : journal fragment

Manuscripts

Manuscript (holograph) of a fragment of Henry David Thoreau's journal for May 9 and May 17, 1853, headed "Miscellaneous. At Sundown on river."

mssHM 931

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Index Rerum

Manuscripts

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

Calendar for March : index to the Journal, approximately 1860

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