Journal, [Concord], 1856 Sept. 7-1857 Apr 1 : autograph manuscript.

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Record ID: 
292908
Accession number: 
MA 1302.28
Author: 
Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862.
Created: 
Concord, 1856 Sept. 7-1857 Apr 1
Credit: 
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan with the Wakeman Collection, 1909.
Description: 
1 volume (ca. 310 pages), bound : ill. ; 25.9 cm
Notes: 

High reserve.
Includes an engraving of "Eagleswood, Perth Amboy, NJ"; several sketches; and affixed newspaper clippings.
Includes blue pencil use-marks made by H.G.O. Blake.
Includes notes in pencil in Thoreau's hand on the front and back paste-down endpapers.
Part of a collection of 39 journals written by Thoreau between 1837 and 1861. Journals are described in 39 individual records.

Housed in: 
Brown quarter leather drop-spine box (27.8 cm)
Binding: 
Brown quarter cloth over brown and rose marbled paper-covered boards; sewn in a single gathering.
Provenance: 
By descent in 1862 to Thoreau's sister, Sophia; by descent in 1876 to Thoreau's friend and correspondent, H.G.O. Blake; by descent in 1898 to E.H. Russell; sold around 1906; Stephen H. Wakeman; purchased by Pierpont Morgan with the Wakeman Collection, 1909.