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Blake, H. G. O. (Harrison Gray Otis), 1816?-1898. 1 letter to “Miss Ward,” A.L.S. (1 p.), 1895, July 4, Worcester, Mass. HM 68710

Sanborn, F. B. (Franklin Benjamin), 1831-1917. First and Last Journeys of Thoreau: [novel], Proof (2 p.), [1905]. Enclosed in: F. B. Sanborn’s letter to Anne J. Ward dated June 23, 1905, cataloged separately—HM 68716. Note: The text comprises the first six pages of the book. Located in Oversize folder. HM 68711

[Sanborn, F. B. (Franklin Benjamin), 1831-1917]. [Untitled beginning]: “The demand for specimens of Thoreau’s…” MS. (typewritten: 1 p. partial). HM 68712

Sanborn, F. B. (Franklin Benjamin), 1831-1917. [Untitled beginning]: “The Emerson Society…” Carbon copy (MS., typewritten: 2 p.), [1905], Apr. 19. Enclosed in: F. B. Sanborn’s letter to Anne J. Ward dated Apr. 19, 1905, cataloged separately—HM 68715. HM 68713

Sanborn, F. B. (Franklin Benjamin), 1831-1917. “The Women of Concord:” [essay], MS. (typewritten: 6 p.). Annotations in the author’s hand. HM 68714

Sanborn, F. B. (Franklin Benjamin), 1831-1917. 1 letter to Anne J. Ward, 1840- 1913, A.L.S. (4 p.), 1905, Apr. 19, Concord, Mass. Contains envelope. Enclosure: F.B. Sanborn’s lecture to the Emerson Society, cataloged separately—HM 68713. HM 68715

Sanborn, F. B. (Franklin Benjamin), 1831-1917. 1 letter to Anne J. Ward, 1840- 1913, L.S. (typewritten: 1 p.), 1905, June 23. Enclosure: Two pages of proofs from The First and Last Journeys of Thoreau edited by F.B. Sanborn, cataloged separately—HM 68711. HM 68716

Sanborn, F. B. (Franklin Benjamin), 1831-1917. 1 letter to Anne J. Ward, 1840- 1913, A.L.S. (1 p.), 1906, Apr. 1, Concord, Mass. Contains envelope. HM 68717

Sanborn, F. B. (Franklin Benjamin), 1831-1917. Clipped signature, L.S. (typewritten: 1 p. partial). HM 68718

Sewall, E. Q. (Edmund Quincy), 1828-1908. 1 letter to Mary (Ward) Counce, 1832-1904, A.L.S. (3 p.), 1839, Apr. 5. Note: Pencil notation in unknown hand on page 4. HM 68719

Thoreau, Helen L. (Helen Louisa), 1812-1849. 1 letter to Prudence Ward, 1795- 1874, A.L.S. (4 p.), 1845, Apr. 27, Concord, Mass. HM 68720

Thoreau, Maria, 1794-1881. 3 letters to Prudence Ward, 1795-1874. HM 68721-68723

Thoreau, Sophia E. “Birth Place of Dr. Bodell”: Drawing. Note: Notation on a separate piece of page describes the drawing as being by Sophia E. Thoreau in unknown hand. HM 68724

[Thoreau, Sophia E.] “Edelwiss”: Drawing. HM 68725

Thoreau, Sophia E. 4 letters to Prudence Ward, 1795-1874. HM 68726-68729. Ward, George Washington, 1802-1855. 1 letter to Prudence Bird Ward, 1765 1844, A.L.S. (4 p.), 1843, Nov. 15, New York, N.Y. HM 68730

Ward, Prudence, 1795-1874. “Hibiscis”: Drawing. Note: Drawings on both sides of the paper. HM 68731

-----. “Boulder Field.” HM 68732

-----. [George Critcherson]. HM 68733

-----. “Egg Rock.” HM 68734

-----. Entrance to unidentified house. HM 68735

-----. “Fairhaven.” HM 68736

-----. “Fairhaven Bay.” HM 68737

-----. “Fairhaven Pond.” HM 68738

-----. “Flint’s Bridge.” HM 68739

-----. E. Garrett. HM 68740

-----. Grave and headstones for the entire Thoreau family. HM 68741

-----. “Great Meadows, Bulls Hill (Daniel Chester French, 1850-1931 on horseback?). HM 68742

-----. Nathaniel Hawthorne, 1804-1864—Old Manse. HM 68743

-----. Edmund Hosmer, 1798-1881, House. HM 68744

-----. House/building once belonging to the Thoreau family—57 Prince Street. Note: Newspaper clipping about this house/building located in Ephemera folder labeled: “Newspaper Clippings.” HM 68745

-----. Laura P. Hows(?). HM 68746

-----. [“Minot House”?]. HM 68747

-----. “Mud Meadow Birch”(?). HM 68748

-----. “Old Marlboro Road.” HM 68749

-----. “Old Marlboro Road.” HM 68750

-----. “Old Road.” HM 68751

-----. “Pines.” HM 68752

-----. “Site of Thoreau’s House, Walden Pond.” HM 68753

-----. “Spring from Nashawtuc Hill.” HM 68754

-----. “Summer from Nashawtuc Hill.” HM 68755

-----. [Cynthia D. (Cynthia Dunbar) Thoreau, 1787-1872]. Note: Notation in pencil on verso: “Mrs. John Thoreau from silhouette form possession of Mary Moody Emerson.” Notation in unknown hand. HM 68756

-----. Henry David Thoreau, 1817-1862. HM 68757

-----. Henry David Thoreau, 1817-1862. HM 68758

-----. Henry David Thoreau, 1817-1862. HM 68759

-----. Henry David Thoreau, 1817-1862, Bust. HM 68760

-----. “Henry D. Thoreau and Site of House at Walden.” HM 68761

-----. [Henry David Thoreau’s chair, desk and bed.” HM 68762

-----. Henry David Thoreau’s House on Main Street. HM 68763

-----. Jane Thoreau, 1784-1864. Note: Original daguerreotype transferred to Photo Archive on February 10, 2006, call number photDAG 155. HM 68764

-----. John Thoreau, 1787-1859. HM 68765

-----. Maria Thoreau, 1794-1881. HM 68766

-----. Sophia E. Thoreau. HM 68767

-----. Unidentified house. HM 68768

-----. Unidentified woman. HM 68769

-----. Unidentified woman. HM 68770

-----. Unidentified woman. HM 68771

-----. [Anne J. Ward, 1840-1913]. HM 68772

Business Card for the Colonial Inn. Note: In 1799, John Thoreau (Henry David Thoreau’s grandfather) purchased part of the building for his family.

Clippings of images from newspapers and magazines.

Newspaper clippings about Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Sophia E. Thoreau.

Postcard of the “Home of Thoreau and the Alcotts.”

Binding that housed the manuscripts and correspondence by F. B. Sanborn to Anne J. Ward.

Binding that housed the correspondence, drawings, photographs and ephemera by and about the Thoreau and Ward families.