A. Bronson Alcott papers, 1843-1882.

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A. Bronson Alcott papers, 1843-1882.

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Transcriptions of Alcott's Socratic conversations, literary manuscripts, and one letter. Papers include: Notes of Conversations [etc.], 1843-1875 (including transcriptions in Alcott's hand, printed transcriptions, and transcriptions by Ednah Dow Littlehale Cheney); Concord Book (holograph, [1861]); Emerson (holograph prose piece; printed 1865, BAL 109); Tablets (holograph of portions of book printed 1868, BAL 112); ALS to Prescott Keyes, 1879 June 1; Love's Morrow, a poem in memory of May Alcott Nieriker (printed separately 1880, BAL 119, and in Sonnets and Canzonets, 1882, BAL 124); H.D.T. (sonnet included in Sonnets and Canzonets); Emerson / R.W.E. (draft and copy of poem, copy dated Jan. 1881; printed in Sonnets and Canzonets); New Connecticut: Farmer's Boy (holograph; printed 1881, BAL 121); verse for William J. Bok, written 1878, copied 1882; sonnet (two versions, one entitled Childhood, the other Fountains; printed in Sonnets and Canzonets); Emerson (holograph sonnet read at funeral of Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1882); miscellaneous poems and stanzas (10 holograph items, including The Cheshire School and The Schoolmaster's Apprenticeship).

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Concord Free Public Library, Special Collection

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Concord Free Public Library, Special Collection

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