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[Thoreau], H[elen], letter to, copy in the hand of Ralph Waldo Emerson. Oct. 27, 1837.

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Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature

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Henry David Thoreau collection

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Series III. Outgoing Correspondence

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Title
[Thoreau], H[elen], letter to, copy in the hand of Ralph Waldo Emerson. Oct. 27, 1837.
Names
Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862 (Author)
Thoreau, Helen L. (Helen Louisa), 1812-1849 (Addressee)
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 (Scribe)
Collection

Henry David Thoreau collection

Series III. Outgoing Correspondence

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1837-10-27
Place: Concord, MA
Library locations
Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature
Shelf locator: Berg Coll MSS Thoreau
Shelf locator: Thoreau Letters Transcribed by Emerson
Topics
Authors, American -- 19th century
Intellectuals -- United States
Naturalists -- United States
Concord (Mass.)
Genres
Correspondence
Notes
Ownership: W. T. H. Howe
Citation/reference: The Correspondence of Henry David Thoreau, ed. Walter Harding and Carl Bode (NYC: New York University Press, 1958), 15.; The Writings of Henry D. Thoreau, The Correspondence, vol. 1, 1834-1848, ed. Robert N. Hudspeth (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2013), 25-26.
Content: [3 written sides]
Physical Description
Extent: 1 double leaf
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b15520476
MSS Unit ID: 19098
Other local Identifier: 173786B
Other local Identifier: 4881170
Other local Identifier: 1beb64d0-1ca3-0130-9ec0-58d385a7bbd0
Other local Identifier: Berg Coll MSS Thoreau
Archives EAD ID: 949851
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 1beb64d0-1ca3-0130-9ec0-58d385a7bbd0
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1817: Creator Born
  • 1837: Created
  • 1862: Creator Died
  • 2021: Digitized
  • 2025: Found by you!
  • 2026

MLA Format

Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. "[Thoreau], H[elen], letter to, copy in the hand of Ralph Waldo Emerson. Oct. 27, 1837." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1837. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/0b3bf180-7a5a-0132-50fe-58d385a7b928

Chicago/Turabian Format

Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. "[Thoreau], H[elen], letter to, copy in the hand of Ralph Waldo Emerson. Oct. 27, 1837." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 15, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/0b3bf180-7a5a-0132-50fe-58d385a7b928

APA Format

Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. (1837). [Thoreau], H[elen], letter to, copy in the hand of Ralph Waldo Emerson. Oct. 27, 1837. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/0b3bf180-7a5a-0132-50fe-58d385a7b928

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[Thoreau], H[elen], letter to, copy in the hand of Ralph Waldo Emerson. Oct. 27, 1837.