Guide to the Henry David Thoreau Letter and Engraving
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Guide to the Henry David Thoreau Letter and Engraving
Collection number: MS-M039
Special Collections and ArchivesThe UCI Libraries
University of California
Irvine, California
- Special Collections and Archives
- The UCI Libraries
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- University of California
- Irvine, California 92623-9557
- Phone: (949) 824-7227
- Fax: (949) 824-2472
- Email: spcoll@uci.edu
- URL: http://www.lib.uci.edu/rrsc/speccoll.html
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© 2001 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Title: Henry David Thoreau letter and engraving,
Date (inclusive): 1847
Collection number: MS-M039
Creator:
Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862
Extent:
0.1 linear feet (1 folder)
Repository:
University of California, Irvine. Library. Special Collections and Archives.
Irvine, California 92623-9557
Abstract: This collection consists of a holograph letter from Henry David Thoreau to the publishing firm Wiley & Putnam and an engraved
portrait of Thoreau. The letter is dated January 14, 1847 and is addressed to Evert A. Duyckinck. Thoreau asks Duyckinck to
relay a message to John Wiley, head of the publishing firm. Thoreau indicates that he would like to make corrections to his
Walden manuscript and requests that it be sent via mail. The engraved portrait is undated and unsigned, although it is similar to
Samuel Worcester Rowse's 1854 portrait.
Language:
English.
Collection is open for research.
Property rights reside with the University of California. Literary rights are retained by the creators of the records and
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Henry David Thoreau was an American writer, naturalist, and philosopher known for his Trancendentalist work
Walden and essays.
Collection Scope and Content Summary
This collection consists of a holograph letter from Henry David Thoreau to the publishing firm Wiley & Putnam and an engraved
portrait of Thoreau. The letter is dated January 14, 1847 and is addressed to Evert A. Duyckinck. Thoreau asks Duyckinck to
relay a message to John Wiley, head of the publishing firm. Thoreau indicates that he would like to make corrections to his
Walden manuscript and requests that it be sent via mail. The engraved portrait is undated and unsigned, although it is similar to
Samuel Worcester Rowse's 1854 portrait.
For further information about this letter, see Walter Harding and Carl Bode, eds.,
The Correspondence of Henry David Thoreau (New York: New York University Press, 1958, p. 173).
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862--Correspondence.
Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862--Walden.
Collection Contents
Box FB-19 : 8
Engraving, undated
Box FB-19 : 8
Holograph letter, 1847 January 14