BIB_ID
116215
Accession number
MA 1823
Creator
Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862.
Display Date
[ca. 1847-8].
Credit line
Gift of Arthur Swann, 1957.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 25.7 cm
Notes
The contents of these covers suggest that Thoreau used this notebook while working on Walden. According to accompanying documentation (not verified), the topical index with page references on the front cover matches a draft of Walden held by the Huntington Library (HM 945).
Provenance
F.B. Sanborn; Arthur Swann.
Summary
Upper and lower covers, without contents, of a volume of Thoreau's Journal. The upper cover contains an index of contents; the lower cover contains a prose passage in pencil and a quotation in ink: "Intelligence is but the shadow of that light that hangs over me perpetually."
Housed in
Blue cloth drop-spine box (28 cm)
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