Henry David Thoreau Papers, 1837-1917 bulk (1837-1860).

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Henry David Thoreau Papers, 1837-1917 bulk (1837-1860).

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The Berg Collection's manuscript holdings by Henry David Thoreau include approximately thirty-five manuscripts and manuscript fragments, journals and a commonplace book. In addition, there are thirty-two letters to numerous recipients as well as in-coming pieces from over fifty correspondents. Highlights of the collection include an important portion of the "Ktaadn" section of The Maine Woods; "Nature and Bird Notes," a journal kept by Henry, Johnand Sophia Thoreau with leaves, grass and wild flowers laid in; and Thoreau's famous letter to his brother addressed to Sachem Hopeful of Hopewell and signed Tahatawan. The Berg also has a daguerreotypeof Thoreau ("my friends think [it] is pretty good though better looking than I"), a pencil made by him (his father's company manufactured them), and an original pencil map of Walden Pond.

Incoming and related correspondence: approximately 80 items.

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Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862

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Henry David Thoreau (b. July 12, 1817, Concord, Massachusetts-d. May 6, 1862, Concord, Massachusetts), American author, lecturer, naturalist, student of Native American artifacts and life, transcendentalist, land surveyor, and life-long resident of Concord, Massachusetts. He was an active opponent of slavery and a social critic. He graduated from Harvard College in 1837....