Collection Contents
Series 1. Foldered Items
Miscellany -- 1 unused pencil, attributed by Willson to Thoreau
Natural History Notes -- botanical remarks written in pencil about plants, their uses, and the etymologies of their names, copied by Thoreau from printed sources, primarily John Loudon's Encyclopedia of Plants (London, 1836)
Walking-- full leaf, westward I go free portion
Series 2. Framed Items
Note -- in Thoreau's hand, Aug. 15, 1859, signed by his mother Cynthia, authorizing payment to him of a stock dividend; transcription of information about blueberry bushes, Oct. 17, 1850
Walking -- full leaf; with draft of letter to John D. Milner, Nov. 20, 1854; draft of letter to C. B. Bernard, Nov. 20, 1854; index of topics for Life without Principle
Walden -- half leaf, re clothing, tattooing
Chastity and Sensuality -- half leaf, re lives of great men, Newton, sunset
The Service -- half leaf, re fools, arsenals