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Behavior : autograph manuscript, [1859-1860].

BIB_ID
126827
Accession number
MA 1035
Creator
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882.
Display Date
[1859-1860].
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1925.
Description
1 item (ca. 119 p.), unbound ; 25.1 cm
Notes
Paginated a, 1-48, 48a, 49-54, 54a, 55-65.
This essay is based on a lecture entitled "Manners" that Emerson first presented on Apr. 20, 1859 in Boston. He changed the title to "Behavior" when he published the essay in The Conduct of Life in 1860. "Behavior" has been written over "Manners" on the t.p. of this manuscript.
Provenance
Charlotte Cushman; Mr. and Mrs. Victor N. Cushman; purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr. from Mr. and Mrs. Victor N. Cushman, 1925.
Housed in
Blue cloth box (27 cm).