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Author
Pub. Date
1836
Language
English
Description
Papers, 1836-[1862]: ca. 190 ms. surveys, 1846-1860, most of land and property in Concord, Mass., but incl. some of other locations; survey-related notes and mss., 1840-1861, among them a volume of field notes made between 1849 and 1861, and two receipts for surveying (one to Nathan Brooks, one to Town of Concord); mss., incl. publisher's ms. of "Walking," [1862] (published in Atlantic Monthly, June, 1862), accompanied by photocopy of ms., typed transcript...
Author
Pub. Date
1849
Language
English
Description
Volume of surveying field notes made by Thoreau in preparing surveys of land and property in Concord, Acton, Bedford, Boxborough, Carlisle, Framingham, Haverhill, Lincoln, Littleton, and Stow, Mass., and Eagleswood in Perth Amboy, N.J., among other places. Thoreau used this volume to record work done for various employers (individuals and Town of Concord), measurements, expenses, and fees charged. The volume includes some material tipped or laid in....
Author
Pub. Date
1846
Language
English
Description
Ca. 190 surveys, 1846-1860, primarily of land and property in Concord, Mass. (including three of Walden Pond). Collection also includes surveys of land in Acton, Bedford, Boxborough, Carlisle, Framingham, Haverhill, Lincoln, Littleton, and Stow, one well-known survey of the Concord River "from East Sudbury to Billerica Mills," and one of Eagleswood in Perth Amboy, N.J. (done for Marcus Spring).
(Cont.) Surveys include properties belonging to A. Bronson...
Author
Pub. Date
1862
Language
English
Description
Publisher's manuscript (holograph) of essay that first appeared in printed form in Atlantic Monthly for June, 1862 (v. 9, no. 56) and was subsequently included in the collection Excursions (first published Oct., 1863). Includes numerous deletions and emendations by Thoreau. Portions of the manuscript are in the hand of Thoreau's sister Sophia.
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