Notes on fruits. 306 leaves of holograph draft and notes, unsigned and undated. (Much now published in Wild Fruits.)

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{"value"=>"Notes on fruits. 306 leaves of holograph draft and notes, unsigned and undated. (Much now published in Wild Fruits.)"}

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{"normal"=>"1860-11-23", "value"=>"circa November 23, 1860"}

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1860

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1860

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1860-11-23

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{"format"=>"simple", "value"=>"Pages numbered by library: 600 pp.<br/>1-77 [uniform size, 192 x 248], comprising : 5 single leaves; 17 double leaves (of which, 1 with attached leaf).<br/>78-139 [mixed sizes, including slips and oversize], comprising: 21 single leaves (of which, 2 with attachments), inc. 1 envelope; 7 double leaves (2 with attachments).<br/>140-274 [uniform size], comprising: 23 single leaves (4 with attachments); 23 double leaves (3 with attachments, 1 with multiple attachments).<br/>275-398 [mixed sizes], comprising: 22 single leaves (1 with attachment); 20 double leaves (7 with attachments).<br/>399-445 [uniform], comprising: 4 single leaves; 9 double leaves.<br/>446-547 [mixed sizes], comprising: 26 single leaves (2 with attachments); 14 double leaves.<br/>548-600 [uniform], comprising: 5 single leaves (1 with attachment); 10 double leaves (2 with attachments)<br/>earlier wrappers: 2 leaves.<br/><br/>Paper used includes letters from :<br/>Alcott, A. M. ALS to HDT. [Concord, May 23, 1860] (p. 176) ;<br/>Allison, R. ALS to HDT. Cincinnati, Ohio, Jan. 9, 1860. (p. 537) ;<br/>Bangs, Edward. ALS to HDT. Boston, Jan. 9, 1860 (p. 107) ;<br/>Hobart & Robbins. 2 manuscript letters to HDT. Boston, Aug. 22, 1859 and Jan. 9, 1860 (p. 332 & p. 527) ;<br/>Mumford, T. H. ALS to HDT. Philadelphia, Aug. 12, 1859 (p. 383) ;<br/>Manley, John R., Lecture fee statement accompanying payment to HDT, undated (p. 301);<br/>Welch & Bigelow. 2 manuscript letters to HDT. Cambridge [Mass.] Aug. 18, [1859]; Feb. 7, 1860 (p. 341 & p. 105) .<br/>HDT, draft fragment of letter \"To the Publishers of 'the World'\" (false start), Concord, Sep. 17, 1860 (p. 530).<br/>Envelope of letter to HDT, postmarked Boston, Feb. 10 [n.y.] (p. 100).<br/>HDT: [A Plea for Captain John Brown]. Holograph notes for lecture, unsigned and undated. 1 p (p. 343) [see also separate entry].<br/><br/>Draft of quatrain \"Rosa Sanguinea\" (p. 115).<br/>Printed fragment of Service for the Martyr [John Brown], with \"Dirge\" [by F. B. Sanborn], (p. 411)<br/>Advertisement for a series of 6 Conversations given by A. B. Alcott, (p. 590a).<br/>[N. B. Holograph fragments, unsigned and undated. 4 leaves (numbered 2, 3, 4) and 2 scraps of paper, are in separate envelope: \"Notes on Fruits. 4 leaves.\"]"}

bibliography

{"value"=>"<p>William Howarth, The Literary Manuscripts of Henry David Thoreau (Columbus, Ohio: Ohio State University Press, 1974): B196; F29b; F29e; F29h; F29j.</p>"}

{"value"=>"<p>Much of this material has been published as:<br/>Wild Fruits: Thoreau's Rediscovered Last Manuscript, ed. Bradley P. Dean.<br/>(W. W. Norton & Co., NY: 2000).</p>"}

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{"value"=>"<p>W. T. H. Howe</p>"}

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{"value"=>"Thoreau Notes on Fruits +"}

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306 leaves

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