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Dictionary of astronomy, 1858
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 806
.1 linear feet (1 volume)
Manuscript dictionary of astronomy by an unknown author, written in New York, 1858. In ink, with emendations and diagrams in pencil. Several diagrams and tables pasted in. Also includes several pressed botanical specimens with notes.
Thoreau, Henry David
Henry David Thoreau collection, 1837-1917 [bulk 1837-1860]
Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature
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, John and Sophia Thoreau with leaves, grass and wild flowers laid in; and Thoreau's famous... more

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Series I Manuscripts by Henry David Thoreau » [Nature and Bird Notes.] Flowers and plants pressed in volume, some with pencil notes identifying them on scraps of paper.