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Image #Full sizeHuntingtonVersionIn ChaptersIn Par SegsChap LocHM 924 LabelLeaf TypeRecto/VersoNotes
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----Front cover--Front cover of Volume I of HM 924, the manuscript of Walden, at the Huntington Library. Search tool includes all images of HM 924, including non manuscript images such as this one. First MS page is Image #8.
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AEcoEco-2a,Eco-2a-p. 1single leafrNiW: Where I have been / There was none seen [interlined in pencil in top margin]
Title page: Walden or Life in / the woods by Henry Thoreau. / Addressed to my townsmen. [interlined in ink in top margin]
Eco-2a: I should not presume . . . maintained.
NiW: Some have not come . . . Because I lived there. [cancelled in pencil and ink]
NiW: After I lectured . . . in my lecture.
Eco-2a: So I must . . . in me in this
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AEcoEco-2a,Eco-2b,Eco-2c,Eco-3b-p. 2single leafvEco-2a: audience to pardon me . . . speaking.
T x-ref: I require &c V [caret and line leading to left margin of page added in pencil; likely a ref to 2b I require of a writer in B with a version in C; did pencil line point to leaf T brought in temporarily from B?]
Eco-2c: Perhaps this lecture . . . fits.
Eco-3b: I have travelled . . . but I
Eco-72a: I warn you . . . Taste and I parted company long ago. [this is a version of Eco-72a written in ink up left margin; version in C]
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AEcoEco-3b,Eco-4,Eco-5a-p. 3single leafrEco-3b: could never see that . . . spring up.
Eco-4: I see young men . . . feet of flesh.
Eco-5a: But men labor under a mistake. [This sentence is interlined at the top of the next leaf.]
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A--p. 4single leafv"np" in pencil in T's? hand
NiW: To show how little men have considered . . . mountains of California for men to scramble for. [version in February 1, 1852, Journal entry (J4, 316-318) suggests T added this paragraph during Draft D period (early 1852-September 1852). A later version appears in "Life without Principle" (Reform Papers, 162-163), first delivered as a lecture titled "What Shall It Profit" on December 6, 1854]
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AEcoEco-5a,Eco-6,Eco-7-p. 5single leafrT's "3" in pencil in upper right corner
Eco-5a: But men labor under a mistake . . . end of it.
Eco-6: Most men . . . before we judge of him.
Eco-7: Some of you . . . some of you
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AEcoEco-7-p. 6single leafvEco-7: who read this . . . an atmosphere of thin and vaporous
[Ink marks across bottom of page may be overlay from wet ink in last line on hm924v1n12]
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AEcoEco-7,Eco-8a-p. 7single leafrT's "5" in pencil in upper right corner
Eco-7: generosity, that you . . . much or how little.
Eco-8a: I sometimes wonder . . . so cheap that he could
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AEcoEco-8a,Eco-10a-p. 8single leafvEco-8a: like the dust under his feet . . . determines his fate.
Eco-10a: When we consider . . . had trusted for a cloud
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AEcoEco-10a-p. 9single leafrEco-10a: that would sprinkle fertile . . . it has lost.
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AEcoEco-11,Eco-82d,Eco-13b-p. 10single leafvEco-11: One farmer says to me you . . . are entirely unknown.
Eco-83d: I know a . . . that he drank only water.
NiW: I heard of a very poor family in Concord . . . and tea and coffee.
Eco-13b: Nature and human life are as various as our . . . grand and informing as this would be.
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AEcoEco-10a,Eco-12-p. 11single leafrT's "7" in pencil in upper right corner
Eco-10a: that would sprinkle fertile rain upon . . . speed of birds [part interlined]
NiW: Men have left off run safely and . . . of thinking.
Eco-12: The whole ground of human life seems . . . has been tried.
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AEcoEco-13a,Eco-15a-p. 12single leafvNiW:: Where I have been / There was none seen [interlined in pencil in top margin]
Title page: Walden or Life in / the woods by Henry Thoreau. / Addressed to my townsmen. [interlined in ink in top margin]
Eco-2a: I should not presume . . . maintained.
NiW: Some have not come . . . Because I lived there. [cancelled in pencil and ink]
NiW: After I lectured . . . in my lecture.
Eco-2a: So I must . . . in me in this
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AEcoEco-15a,Eco-13a,Eco-16-p. 13single leafrNiW:: Where I have been / There was none seen [interlined in pencil in top margin]
Title page: Walden or Life in / the woods by Henry Thoreau. / Addressed to my townsmen. [interlined in ink in top margin]
Eco-2a: I should not presume . . . maintained.
NiW: Some have not come . . . Because I lived there. [cancelled in pencil and ink]
NiW: After I lectured . . . in my lecture.
Eco-2a: So I must . . . in me in this
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AEcoEco-16,Eco-86c,Eco-17b-p. 14single leafv-
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AEcoEco-17b,Eco-17f,Eco-17d,Eco-42b,Eco-17e,Eco-18-p. 15single leafrT's "11" in pencil in upper right corner
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AEcoEco-18,Eco-19a,Eco-17f-p. 16single leafv-
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AEcoEco-20,Eco-21,Eco-22-p. 17single leafvNB: Image of verso precedes image of recto
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AEcoEco-22,Eco-23,Eco-24-p. 19single leafrT's "15" in pencil in upper right corner
Tranposition: marked in ink over pencil; numbered "1" and "2" in ink (order of turtle dove and bay horse reversed). This is one of the best known passages in Walden.
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AEcoEco-25,Eco-23,Eco-26,Eco-27-p. 20single leafvCancellation: Ink X made with straight lines over contents of entire page
Transposition: marked in ink, no numbers ("I have" marked to change to "have I")
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AEcoEco-27,Eco-28,Eco-29,Eco-30-p. 21single leafrT's "17" in pencil in upper right corner
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AEcoEco-30,Eco-32,Eco-33-p. 22single leafv-
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AEcoEco-32-p. 23single leafrPortion of leaf
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A---p. 24single leafvPortion of leaf; blank
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AEcoEco-33-p. 25single leafrT's "19" in pencil in upper right corner
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AEcoEco-33,Eco-34-p. 26single leafv-
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AEcoEco-34,Eco-35a-p. 27single leafrT's "21" in pencil in upper right corner
Cancellation: Passage parenthesized in pencil then in ink; cancelled with straight, slanting pencilled lines and wavy pencilled line; passage is surrounded by ink line; ink line angles across passage; cancelled with wavy ink line. I judge that pencilled marks preceded ink ones.
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AEcoEco-35a,Eco-35c,Eco-35b-p. 28single leafvCancellation: Straight ink lines over straight pencilled lines
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AEcoEco-35b,Eco-35f,Eco-35k,Eco-36-p. 29single leafrT's "23" in pencil in upper right corner
Eco-35b: comfort of wearing . . . character.
Eco-35f: We know . . . scarecrow?
Eco-35k: Above all . . . endless.
Eco-36: A man . . . so that it was
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AEcoEco-36-p. 30single leafv-
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AEcoEco-37b,Eco-39a-p. 31single leafrCancellation: Passage circled in pencil and cancelled with wavy pencilled lines; ink X made with wavy lines over contents of 2/3 of page
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AEcoEco-39a,Eco-41,Eco-40a-p. 32single leafv-
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AEcoEco-37b-p. 33single leafrT's "25" in pencil in upper right corner
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AEcoEco-42a,Eco-44a,Eco-42b,Eco-42c-p. 34single leafv-
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AEcoEco-42c,Eco-43b,Eco-44c-p. 35single leafrT's "27" in pencil in upper right corner
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AEcoEco-44c,Eco-45a,Eco-45c-p. 36single leafv-
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AEcoEco-45c,Eco-52a,Eco-53a,Eco-52b-p. 37bifolior1T's "29" in pencil in upper right corner
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AEcoEco-52b,Eco-45d,Eco-46a-p. 38bifoliov1-
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AEcoEco-49a,Eco-50,Eco-54a-p. 39bifolior2T's "31" in pencil in upper right corner
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AEcoEco-54a,Eco-54c-p. 40bifoliov2-
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AEcoEco-56a-p. 41single leafrT's "33" in pencil in upper right corner
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AEcoEco-56a,Eco-56c,Eco-59-p. 42single leafvInsertion: two points of brace that begins in left margin of hm924v1n50
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AEcoEco-59,Eco-51-p. 43single leafrT's "35" in pencil in upper right corner
Insertion: Interesting marking going on in the lower part of the page, where T recounts the fable of Momus. He revises his initial writing with interlineations and a passage written vertically in the left margin, then adds a large brace to the left of the passage. The point of the brace--two points, in fact-- appears on the preceding page, hm924v1n49. coming in from the right and positioning the passage below "is no house, and no house-keeper--" T's note "V Back" at the end of the passage reinforces the movement of the passage indicated by the brace. Then T cancels the entire pasage with large looping lines. (Three vertical marks in pencil that run the length of the page are probably later.) A version of the Momus material that incorporates revisions in this one begins on hm924v1n52 and concludes on hm924v1n53.
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AEcoEco-60-p. 44single leafv-
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AEcoEco-60,Eco-61-p. 47single leafrT's "37" in pencil in upper right corner
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AEcoEco-61,Eco-62-p. 48single leafv-
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AEcoEco-62-p. 49single leafrT's "77" over "39" in pencil in upper right corner
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AEcoEco-62,Eco-63a-p. 50single leafv-
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AEco,HW,EcoEco-65,HW-5a,HW-5c,HW-10a,Eco-69-p. 51single leafrT's "43" in pencil in upper right corner
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AEcoEco-69,Eco-76a-p. 52single leafv-
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AEco,BeFEco-76a,BeF-12,Eco-76c,BeF-13-p. 57single leafrT's "45" in pencil in upper right corner
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ABeF,EcoBeF-13,Eco-76d,Eco-79-p. 58single leafvEco-76d: 8.71 1/2 . . . 5.40
Eco-79: By surveying . . . Lard
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AEcoEco-79,Eco-80a,Eco-81-p. 59single leafrT's "47" in pencil in upper right corner
Eco-79: Apples . . . 1 Watermelon 2.
Eco-80a: Yes I did . . . practise [pencil]
Eco-81: Clothing . . . 41.28
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AEcoEco-81,Eco-82,Eco-85a-p. 60single leafv-
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AEcoEco-85a-p. 61single leafrT's "49" stricken through and "99" added in pencil in upper right corner
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AEcoEco-85a-p. 62single leafv-
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AEcoEco-85a,Eco-86a,Eco-97a-p. 63single leafrT's "51" in pencil in upper right corner
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AEcoEco-108b-p. 71bifolior1-
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AEcoEco-108b,Eco-110c-p. 72bifoliov1-
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AEcoEco-109a-p. 73bifolior2*
Eco-109a: the morning . . . without apology
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AEcoEco-18-p. 74bifoliov2*
Eco-18: The luxuriously . . . cooked [pencil]
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AEcoEco-111-p. 75single leafrT's "137" in pencil in upper right corner
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A--Catchphrase about Complemental Verses
Catchphrase about Hollowell Farm [WIL]		p. 76single leafvT 's "Mercury's Reply to Poverty in Carew" in pencil in upper left; T's "S about Hollowell farm" in pencil in middle right. "End of Economy." probably by Sanborn.
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AWILWIL-8a-p. 77bifolior1T's "1" in pencil in upper right corner
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AWILWIL-8b,WIL-9b-p. 78bifoliov1Red-orange offset
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AWILWIL-10b-p. 79bifolior2Red-orange marking
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AWILWIL-10b,WIL-13a-p. 80bifoliov2-
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AWILWIL-13a,WIL-14a-p. 81bifolior1T's "5" in pencil in upper right corner
Red-orange marking
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AWILWIL-14a-p. 82bifoliov1Red-orange marking
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AWILWIL-14a,WIL-14c-p. 83bifolior2Red-orange offset
Red-orange marking
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AWILWIL-14c,WIL-15-p. 84bifoliov2-
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AWILWIL-15,WIL-16-p. 85single leafrT's "9" in pencil in upper right corner
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AWILWIL-16,WIL-23,WIL-20-p. 86single leafvWIL-16: to be mean . . . when there may be no enjoyment in it.
WIL-23: Time is but . . . concentrated in it. My instinct tells
WIL-20: The preacher instead of vexing . . . seeming fast but deadly slow. [interlined in ink]
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AWILWIL-17-p. 87bifolior1T's "11" in pencil in upper right corner
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AWILWIL-17-p. 88bifoliov1-
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AWILWIL-17-p. 89bifolior2Red-orange marking
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AWILWIL-17,WIL-23-p. 90bifoliov2Red-orange offset
Red-orange marking
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AWILWIL-23-p. 91single leafrT's "15" in pencil in upper right corner
Red-orange marking
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AWILWIL-p. 92single leafv-
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AWILWIL-p. 93single leafrT's "17" in pencil in upper right corner
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AWIL,ReaWIL,Rea-1-p. 94single leafv-
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AReaRea-1,Rea-2b,Rea-3a-p. 96single leafv-
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AReaRea-3a-p. 97single leafrT's "21" in pencil in upper right corner
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AReaRea-3b,Rea-5-p. 101single leafrT's "25" in pencil in upper right corner
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AReaRea-5 ,Rea-6a-p. 103single leafrT's "27" in pencil in upper right corner
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AReaRea-11,Rea-7b-p. 109single leafrT's "37" in pencil in upper right corner
Red-orange marking
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ARea,SouRea-7b,Sou-1a,Sou-1b-p. 110single leafvRea-7b: us as a . . . & wakeful hours to
NiW --have to gird up . . . for the combat.
Sou-1a: Yet after all . . . is copious & standard.
NiW For the tongue . . . all his actions, he learns to mutter.
NiW I read very little . . . for my
NiW With a more copious . . . they express will be forgotten. [written up the right side]
Sou-1b: The rays which . . . removed. [written up the right side]
Sou-1b: No method or . . . futurity. [written up the left side]
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ASouSou-2b,Sou-4d-p. 111single leafr-
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ASouSou-2b,Sou-3-p. 113bifolior1T's "41" in pencil in upper right corner
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ASou,WILSou-3,Sou-2,WIL-21a-p. 116bifoliov2-
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AWILWIL-21a-p. 117single leafrT's "45" in pencil in upper right corner
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AWILWIL-18a,WIL-22a-p. 119bifolior1T's "49" in pencil in upper right corner
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AWILWIL-22c-p. 123bifolior1T's "53" in pencil in upper right corner
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ASouSou-4b ,Sou-4d-p. 124bifoliov1-
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ASouSou-5a,Sou-6a,Sou-7-p. 126bifoliov2-
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ASouSou-7-p. 127bifolior1T's "57" in pencil; T's "67" in pencil; both in upper right corner
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ASouSou-7,Sou-8-p. 128bifoliov1-
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ASouSou-8,Sou-9b-p. 129bifolior2T's "69" in pencil in upper right corner
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ASouSou-9b,Sou-11a-p. 130bifoliov2-
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A--p. 131single leafrT's "69" in pencil; T's "81" in pencil; both in upper right corner
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ASouSou-22b,Sou-15a-p. 133single leafrT's "71" in pencil in upper right corner
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ASouSou-7a-p. 134single leafvT's "72" in pencil in upper left corner
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ASouSou-21b,Sou-22a,Sou-18a-p. 135single leafrT's "69" in pencil in upper right corner
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ASolSol-1,Sol-3-p. 137single leafrT's "81" in pencil in upper right corner
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ASolSol-4-p. 139single leafrT's "95" in pencil in upper right corner
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ASol,VisSol-4,Vis-1-p. 141single leafrT's "85" in pencil in upper right corner
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ASolSol-12a,Sol-12c-p. 143single leafrT's "101" in pencil in upper right corner
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ASolSol-12c,Sol-13-p. 144single leafv-
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ASolSol-13,Sol-12b,Sol-14,Sol-15-p. 145single leafrT's "89" in pencil in upper right corner
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ASolSol-13,Sol-12b,Sol-15-p. 146single leafrT's "89" in pencil; waxed-on portion of leaf held away so all of 1r is visible
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A---p. 147single leafrT's "89" in pencil; focus is on verso of waxed-on portion of leaf
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ASolSol-15,Sol-16-p. 148single leafv-
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ASolSol-16,Sol-17-p. 149single leafrT's "107" in pencil in upper right corner
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ASolSol-18-p. 151single leafrT's "93" in pencil; T's "109" in pencil; both in upper right corner
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AVisVis-8a,Vis-10a-p. 153single leafrT's "111" in pencil in upper right corner
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AVisVis-10a,Vis-12c,Vis-12a,Vis-11b-p. 154single leafv-
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AVisVis-8b-p. 155single leafrT's "97" in pencil in upper right corner
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AVisVis-13a,Vis-13b-p. 159single leafrT's "101" in pencil; T's "119" in pencil; both in upper right corner
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AVisVis-5-p. 167single leafrT's "109" in pencil; T's "127" in pencil; both in upper right corner
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ABeFBeF-4,BeF-5-p. 175single leafrT's "117" in pencil in upper right corner
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ABeFBeF-6b,BeF-10-p. 178single leafvT's "120" in pencil in upper left corner
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ABeFBeF-16a-p. 183single leafrT's "125" in pencil in upper right corner
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ABeFBeF-16c,BeF-17-p. 185single leafrT's "127" in pencil in upper right corner
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AVilVil-1a,Vil-1c-p. 187single leafrT's "129" in pencil in upper right corner
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AVil,EcoVil-1a,Eco-90-p. 189single leafrVil-1a: the most of the . . . window tax.
Eco-90: I would here observe . . . economy to retreat
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AEco,VilEco-90,Vil-1b-p. 190single leafvEco-90: behind some curtain . . . evil.–
Vil-1b: Signs were . . . drowned the voices
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AVil,PonVil-1d,Pon-1a,Pon-2a-p. 191single leafrT's "133" in pencil in upper right corner
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APonPon-2a,Pon-4-p. 192single leafv-
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AHLHL-5,HL-1,HL-3a,HL-1,HL-3a-p. 199single leafrT's "151" in pencil in upper right corner
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AHLHL-7-p. 201single leafrT's "155" in pencil in upper right corner
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ASpr,BNSpr-25b,BN-9b-p. 203single leafrT's "157" in pencil in upper right corner
First full paragraph, marked in pencil with vertical use mark, appears in Spring 25b; pencilled interlineation within that paragraph not in Walden.
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ABNBN-11d,BN-11a,BN-16a-p. 205single leafrT's "161" in pencil in upper right corner
Upper four-fifths of the page contains contents from Brute Neighbors para 11, revised in pencil and then lined through in ink. Bottom fifth contains contents from para 16. At the top of the page, over the lined through material, T writes in ink "Consult the above authors further for their military customs." This may refer to the composition of the "battle of the ants" passage, which appears in BN paras 12-14; no other reference to those paras appears in this page.
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AWAWA-2b,WA-3-p. 207bifolior1T's "173" in pencil in upper right corner
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AWAWA-5,WA-7b,WA-12,WA-6a"Put this in
Spring" written vertically in pencil in left margin		p. 212single leafv-
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AWA,PWWA-15,PW-16a,PW-16b"Winter
Inhabitants" written vertically in pencil in right margin		p. 214single leafvWA-15 is written over PW-16a and PW-16b
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AFIWVFIWV-10b,FIWV-12-p. 215single leafrT's "189" in pencil in upper right corner
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AFIWV,PWFIWV-14,FIWV-15b,PW-1,PW-3a-p. 218single leafvFIWV-14: perhaps, Naure will try . . . hamlet.
FIWV-15b: And with such thoughts as these I lulled myself to sleep.
PW-1: VS I have awaked [pencil; see fn 1]
PW-3a: Early in the morning . . . artificial.
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ASpr,Pon,PWSpr-1,Pon-13,PW-6a-p. 219single leafrT's "201" in pencil in upper right corner
Spr-1: it was . . . in the middle [ink1 rev in pencil]
NiW The temperature of the river . . . freezing point. [ink1 rev in pencil]
Pon-13: The temperature of Hartwell . . . it.
PW-6a: As I was . . . sounding line.
PW- map: [area of 61 1/2 acres]
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APWPW-8,PW-7a-p. 220single leafvPW- map: [depth 102 feet in middle]
PW-8: As I sounded . . . shore. Cape [ink1 rev in ink1
PW-7a: The deepest ponds . . .shallow plate. [added in right margin, pencil rev in pencil]
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APWPW-16a,PW-16b,PW-17a-p. 221single leafrT's "209" in pencil in upper right corner
PW-16a: house . . . summer there. [ink1 rev in in p]
PW-16b: It looks . . . underneath. [ink1 rev in ink1 and pencil]
PW-17a: In the winter . . . I did not know [ink1 rev in ink1 ink2 and pencil]
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APWPW-17a-p. 222single leafvPW-17a: whether they . . . sand–or rather [ink1 rev in ink1 and pencil]
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APW,SprPW-18,PW-18,PW-20,PW-19c,Spr-1,PW-20-p. 223bifolior1T's "213" in pencil in upper right corner
NiW in the Almanack–his shanty. [ink1]
PW-18: In a good day . . . about one acre. [ink1 rev in pencil]
PW-18: This heap . . . till Sep. 1848 [interlined, ink2 rev in pencil]
NiW The ice was put to many novel uses– [ink1]
PW-18: The horses ate . . . like a bucket. [ink1 rev in pencil]
NiW The workmen . . . handling it. [interlined, ink2 rev in pencil]
PW-20: From my window . . . of the fable of [ink1 rev in pencil]
PW-19c: Ice is a curious . . . intellect. [ink1 rev in pencil]
Spr-1: Ice has its grain . . . surface. [interlined, ink2 rev in ink2]
Spr-1: They were not . . . replace the old. [ink1 rev in ink1]
PW-20: From my window . . . the fable of [ink1 rev in pencil]
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APWPW-20,PW-21-p. 224bifoliov1PW-20: the lark and . . . plumes himself there. [ink1 rev in ink2 and pencil]
PW-21: Thus it appears . . . this [ink1 rev in ink2 and pencil]
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APWPW-21-p. 225bifolior2PW-21: modern world and . . . landed in ports [ink1 rev in ink2 and pencil; ink2 r in pencil]
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APWPW-21Title catchword: Springp. 226bifoliov2PW-21: of which Alexander heard only the names. [ink2 rev in pencil]
Spr-title: Spring [pencil]
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APW,SprPW-21,Spr-3-p. 227single leafrT's "217" in pencil in upper right corner
PW-21: islands of Atlantis . . . heard only the names. [ink1 rev in ink1 and pencil]
NiW end [pencil]
Spr-3: The ice . . . grew warmer, it [ink1 rev in ink1 and pencil]
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ASpr,HW,SprSpr-3,HW-12b,Spr-1,Spr-1-p. 228single leafvSpr-3: was not . . . 25th " March [ink1 rev in ink2 and pencil]
HW-12b: it froze . . . greater depth. [ink1 rev in ink 2 and pencil]
Spr-1: Probably the sun warms . . . in a single spring rain. [ink1 rev in pencil]
NiW As you may make . . . from the sun. [ink1 rev in pencil]
Spr-1: The ice in the shallowest [ink1]
Spr-1: The temp of the mid of Walden P . . . This diff. v p 201 [added in left margin, pencil rev in pencil]
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ASprSpr-4b-p. 229single leafrSpr-4b: river–and he dropped . . . like the sound [ink1 rev in ink2 and pencil]
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ASprSpr-4b,Spr-11,Spr-5-p. 230single leafvSpr-4b: of a vast . . . and silent again. [ink1 rev in pencil]
Spr-5: v end of Sand foliage At length the sun's rays [interlined in pencil]
Spr-11: But we must . . . than their [ink1 rev in ink2 and pencil]
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ASprSpr-11-p. 231single leafrT's "223" in pencil in upper right corner
Spr-11: summer . . . treesses of summer. [ink1 rev in ink1]
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ASprSpr-5,Spr-6-p. 232single leafvSpr-5: At length . . . bearing off.-- [ink1]
Spr-6: As I go back and forth . . . slower current. [ink1 rev in ink1]
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ASprSpr-22-p. 237bifolior1T's "231" in pencil in upper right corner
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ASprSpr-23a,Spr-9a,Spr-24-p. 239bifolior2Spr-23a: mess of golden . . . jewels--
Spr-9a: This spring . . . fumes and dumps.
Spr-24: Our village . . . its living and
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ASprSpr-24,Spr-25a-p. 241single leafrT's "235" in pencil in upper right corner
Spr-24: With the liability . . . bear to be stereotyped.
NiW [written vertically in pencil; careted in following "stereotyped"; used in "Walking," Excursions 203-204} How near to good is what is wild. Hope & the future for me are not in lawns and cultivated fields, not in towns & cities but in the impervious & quaking swamps. When I have analysed my affection for some farm which I VS
Spr-25a: Early in May . . . I had heard
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ASpr,Con,SprSpr-25a,Spr-25c,Spr-26,Spr-25b,Spr-25c,Con-4,Spr-25c-p. 242single leafvSpr-25a: long before-- [ink1]
Spr-25c: The pollen of the . . . higher grass-- [ink1 rev in ink1 and pencil]
Spr-26: Thus was . . . 1847 [ink1 and ink2 and pencil]
Spr-25b: The phoebe . . . premises. [ink2 rev in pencil]
Spr-25c: [too faint to read all of this without more study, but "sulphur showers" occurs twice] [pencil]
Con-4: It seemed to me . . . time for this one. [pencil]
Spr-25c: This is the origin of those paragraphs . . . VS about pollen. [pencil]
Spr-25c?: vs at some seasons ["at some seasons" occurs in Eco-37, but I think this refers to the pollen; pencil]
Spr-25c?: Perhaps I have . . . current. [not in Walden; this also seems to be about the pollen; pencil]
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AConCon-16-p. 243single leafrNiW: Justice--Mercy--Peace . . . New England mornings.
Con-16: As if one . . . with goodness afore- / thought.
NiW Shall vice give a name to virtue? . . . will have no place nor occasion then.
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BVilVil-2a,Vil-2cStart of random leaves before Eco contentp. 1single leafrT's " 137¹ " in pencil in upper right corner
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BEcoEco-5a,Eco-6-p. 9single leafrT's "9" in pencil in upper right corner
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B-Eco-10a-p. 13bifolior1Eco-10a men had . . . rose clear
[center portion of leaf is missing; it was offered by Christie's in 2012. Contents are Eco-10a It is never . . . you can't do] Eco-10a you try and find . . . a-going. New
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B-Eco-10a,Eco-15,Eco-12,Eco-11,Eco-15,Eco-83d-p. 14bifoliov1[center portion of leaf is missing; it was offered by Christie's in 2012. Contents are Eco-10a profited . . . lost; Eco-10b One may . . . childhood or nature; Eco-11 One farmer says . . . obstacle]
Eco-10a people put . . . for it has not
Eco-15 Confucius said &c vnp When I find that one man . . . on that basis [added in penci]
Eco-12 The whole ground &c [added in pencil]
Eco-11 Some things . . . unknown
Eco-15 Confucius said &c v back [added in pencil]
Eco-83d I know a robust . . . as she has
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B-Eco-83d,Eco-13b,Eco-15,Eco-12-p. 15bifolior2Eco-83d since learned . . . coffee!
Eco-13b Nature and . . . this would be
Eco-15 Confucius said to know . . . basis [added in pencil]
Eco-12 The whole ground . . . how we should
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B-Eco-12,Eco-13a-p. 16bifoliov2Eco-12 cut our nails . . . tried.
Eco-13a We might . . . northern
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BEcoEco-17e,Eco-17f,Eco-17d,Eco-42a,Eco-42b-p. 21bifolior1T's "25" in pencil in upper right corner
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BEcoEco-17c,Eco-17d,Eco-42b-p. 24bifoliov2all text in pencil; Clapper: "Economy 17c was added in pencil [in C] on the verso of a leaf from B". Possibly not added until 1851; see Journal for June 11, 1851.
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B---p. 33single leafvNB: Image of verso precedes image of recto. Drawing of six-fingered had and "Begin" may be by Sanborn or other
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B---p. 34single leafrNotes by Sanborn or other: "see other side also" and "Copy & insert--page 28." Double vertical marks after "calf-skin." may be by other
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B---p. 35single leafrT's "35" in pencil in upper right corner, below "35" in pencil in another hand
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B---p. 42bifoliov1spot of red sealing wax with paper adhering indicates a leaf was waxed in here
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BSouSou-8,Sou-9-p. 121bifolior1Sou-8 smoke . . . escort
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BSouSou-11b,Sou-11a,Sou-12-p. 124bifoliov2Sou-11b snow and rime . . . universe.
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BVilVil 2a,Vil-2b,Vil-2cCatchphrase for start of Ponp. 162single leafvVillage 2a, 2b, 2c followed by "[para sign]Sometimes having had a surfeit", the first phrase in "The Ponds"
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FIWV-11a: As I have said . . . of these woods [pencil]
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BSprSpr-23a,Spr-23b-p. 169single leafrT quotes original verse by Gawain Douglas, added to his translation of the Aeneid, in a versioni translated into modern English by Warton. This is NiW.
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Spr-24: Our village life, With the liability &c		p. 170single leafvContinuation of Douglas material is not in Walden; two catchphrases in pencil refer to parts of para 24: Then Our village life 2 pages then with the liability &c
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CEcoEco-1,Eco-2aStart of Eco content
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CEco-p. 5single leafrNot in Walden.
AW, 262: The friend . . . The smothered streams &c
AW, 264: our courses do not . . . centre.
AW, 284: Although friendship . . . connected."
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CEcoEco-86b,Eco-86c-p. 6single leafvLine in ink upside down, "Friendship is a natural and durable league.", relates to AW material on recto of this leaf.
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CEcoEco-2a,Eco-72a,Eco-2a,Eco-2b,Eco-2c-p. 11single leafrT revises ink "lecture" to "volume" in pencil, and ink "audience" to "readers" in pencil.
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CEcoEco-2c,Eco-3a,Eco-3b-p. 12single leafvT leaves two blank spaces in the ink version: I wish to say some- / thing not so much concerning the / Chinese and Sandwich Islanders / as concerning you who / , who are said to live in / New England and outward condition or circum- / stances in this world in this / what it is,
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Material written vertically in left margin may be part of a draft of "Ktaadn," an essay about Thoreau’s first trip to the Maine woods that was published in five parts in John Sartain’s Union Magazine of Literature and Art, beginning with the July 1848 issue. Thoreau took this trip from August 31 to September 10, 1846, and he composed a draft of a lecture about it in his Journal starting in mid-September 1846. He delivered the lecture at the Concord Lyceum on January 3, 1848. Thoreau reused the leaf to draft Eco-100a, b, c. Physically, this leaf could be part of the Berg Journal (April 17- 1846-December 1846), which is missing 18 leaves (J2, p. 473) or more likely MS Volume [I] (Winter 1846-1846–Spring 1848), probably missing 130 leaves (J2, p. 474) or MS Volume II (Summer-Fall 1848–April 1850), which is missing 31 leaves at the beginning (J3, p. 502).
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C--p. 64single leafvNiW: A man is not . . . deed. and We know not yet . . . earth shines most." are in A Week 1980, p. 129
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DEcoEco-8bStart of Eco contentp. 1single leafrNiW: We were astonished to meet away up here in New Hampshire. . . as 30 and better. He allowed that [These events happened during the walking portion of the trip T describes in A Week; T and John hiked to and up Agiocichook, leaving their boat "under Uncannunuc Mountain." See A Week 1980, pp. 298-315
Eco-8b: The ladies of the land . . . Frivolity & wretchedness go hand in hand. [Added vertically in left margin]
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D--p. 2single leafvNiW: I had the right of it. . . . was willing to do his part when he knew [Continuation of T's account of events that happened during the walking portion of the Week trip; see above]
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DEcoEco-9b,Eco-9a-p. 3single leafrNiW: knew that he was not . . . advantages. [Continuation of T's account of events that happened during the walking portion of the Week trip; see above]
Eco-9b: It is the sum . . . desperate things.
Eco-9a The great mass . . . the bravery of minks and muskrats.
NiW Sadi tells us . . . A man may travel fast enough [See A Week 1980, p. 304]
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DEcoEco-9b-p. 6single leafvEco-9b: are called . . . work.
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Eco-10a: When we consider what, . . . or in silence passes by as true, to-day,
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DWILWIL-3,WIL-5,WIL-7-p. 69single leafrvs The real [pencil] {See hm924v5n684, where T refers to the same scrap following a later version of this passage.}
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DSouSou-1a,Sou-1bTitle: Soundsp. 71single leafrSounds [pencil; written over E ]
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D---p. 73single leafrPortion of leaf
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D-Sou-10b,Sou-10c,Sou-11a-p. 76single leafvSou-10b of the former . . . off your head.
Sou-10c We have constructed . . . own affairs. [interlined in pencil]
Sou-11a After all . . . consciously devised.
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DSouSou-10c-p. 77single leafrPortion of leaf; entire text in pencil
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DSolSol-1Title: Solitudep. 79single leafrSolitude [pencil]
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DPonPon-5b,Pon-5,Pon-5,Pon-7aStart of Pon contentp. 95single leafr-
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DPonPon-7a,Pon-5,Pon-8a,Pon-8b-p. 97single leafrPon-7a: quantity of air . . . to be detected. [ink1]
Pon-5: quantity of air.
Pon-8a: We have one . . . character. [ink1 rev in ink1]
Pon-8b: Successive nations . . . spring morning [ink1 rev in pencil]
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DPonPon-9-p. 98single leafvPon-9: Yet the first . . . occupants of the land. [ink1 rev in ink1]. A related Journal passage is dated November 9, 1852, which suggests either that T was still working on D (dated early 1852 to September 1852) in November or that this leaf is from a later draft, perhaps E (September 1852-1853).
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D-Pon-6b,Pon-10a-p. 99single leafrPon-6b: longest birch . . . out again.
NiW: When I got . . . produced it.
Pon-10a: The pond rises and falls . . . 6 rods from the main
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D-Pon-10a-p. 100single leafvPon-10a: shore as much as 25 years . . . affect the deep springs.
NiW: I have never detected any tide in it . . .be done [NB: in Pon-11 he describes the long pperiod of Walden's ebb and flow.]
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D-Pon-16-p. 101single leafrPon: 16: Its shore is . . . branch to fringe the shore.
NiW: Hence the middle . . . frosts
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D-Pon-18a,HW-2-p. 102single leafvPon-18a Standing . . . undeceived ---- As you [catchphrase for 4th line of next page][Pencilled underlayer for ~11 lines; is it a version of ink text?]
HW-2: Already, by the 1st . . . distinguished ["by more brilliant or harmonious coloring for the old uopn the walls. This is the only gallery to which I have a season ticket--" written up the left side of the page] [Pencilled underlayer for two lines; is it a version of ink text?]
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D-Pon-18a-p. 103single leafrPon-18a: A slight haze . . . dart at & so
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D-Pon-18a,Pon-18b,Pon-18d-p. 104single leafvPon-18a: dimple it again
Pon-18b: Sometimes you may detect . . . diameter
Pon-18d How soothing to sit . . . sweet the echo!
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D-Pon-25-p. 105bifolior1Pon-25: Nevertheless of all . . . welling
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D-Pon-25-p. 106bifoliov1Pon-25: up to its surface . . . Lies high in my thought [T's poetry: It is a real place]
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D-Pon-26-p. 107bifolior2Pon-26: The cars never pause . . . "God's Drop" [followed by pencilled catchword "Flints"]
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D-Pon-28a-p. 108bifoliov2Pon-28a : Flints or Sandy Pond [pencilled center top of otherwise blank page]
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DPonPon-34-p. 109single leafrPon-34: White Pond . . . appreciates
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DPonPon-34-p. 110single leafvPon-34: her. The . . . disgrace Earth.
NiW: I also visited . . . spreading into a swamp. [see image 744]
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DBaFBaF-2b-p. 111single leafr-
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DBaFBaF-2bTitle catchphrase: Baker Farmp. 112single leafv-
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D---p. 116single leafvBlank
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DHLHL-15Title catchphrase: Fall Animals [Brute Neighbors]p. 118single leafv-
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DBNBN-12-p. 119bifolior1-
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DBNBN-12-p. 120bifoliov1|| [pencil (through || all)]: coincides with the turn from p. 246 to p. 247 in proofsheets, which is the end of one 3-page sheet: 1484
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DBNBN-12-p. 121bifolior2-
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DSprSpr-20,Spr-21a,Spr-22-p. 130bifoliov2Entire text in pencil
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DConCon-12a,Con-12b,Con-13aStart of Con contentp. 131bifolior1-
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DEcoEco-89-p. 141single leafvIn terms of paper structure, verso precedes recto, but content runs from verso to recto. T's " 103" in pencil in upper right corner
Eco-89: My furniture . . . I could never tell
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DEcoEco-89-p. 142single leafrEco-89: from inspecting such a load . . . bold, what do you
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DEcoEco-89-p. 143single leafrT's "105" in pencil in upper right corner
Eco-89: mean by a dead-set? . . . narrowly you will find
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DEcoEco-89-p. 144single leafvEco-89: that they have some . . . barn.
Eco-89: By the way, I look upon England today . . . at least [interlined in pencil]
Eco-89: It would surpass the powers . . . & run. When [added in left margin in pencil]
Eco-89: I have met . . . paw into it.
NiW: I saw the other day . . . cheering sight.
NiW: In the meanwhile . . . farewell is pining [added in pencil]
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DFIWVFIWV-17,FIWV-18-p. 145bifolior1Entire text in pencil
Xref: Vs about owl
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DFIWVFIWV-18,FIWV-19-p. 146bifoliov1Entire text in pencil
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DFIWVFIWV-20,FIWV-21a-p. 147bifolior2Entire text in pencil
Xref: "I should not forget &c vs"
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D---p. 148bifoliov2Entire text in pencil: "He did not contemplate a temporal fulfillment of his schemes"
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DEcoEco-44b,Eco-42b,Eco-44c-p. 149single leafvRepurposed leaf: Paper is a quarter piece of large format paper T used in surveying and mapping and phenological charts. In terms of paper structure, verso precedes recto, but content runs from verso to recto.
Eco-44b: Consider . . . necessary
Eco-42b: Samuel Laing . . . other people."
Eco-44c: I have . . . at least,
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DEcoEco-44c-p. 150single leafrRepurposed leaf: Paper is a quarter piece of large format paper T used in surveying and mapping and phenological charts. This page contains surveying diagrams and calculations in pencil, under the ink text.
Eco-44c: get . . . disposed of
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DConCon-11-p. 151bifolior1Entire text in pencil [Artist of Kouroo myth]
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DConCon-11-p. 152bifoliov1Entire text in pencil
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DConCon-11-p. 153bifolior2Entire text in pencil
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D---p. 154bifoliov2Entire text in pencil: Summary of paras 12-14 in Conclusion: No face of the matter--However mean your life--If you are restricted in your range--angle of a leaden wall--my neighbors tell me--Hard bottom 6 ps in all
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DFIWVFIWV-21a,FIWV-21a,FIWV-21a-p. 155single leafvIn terms of paper structure, verso precedes recto.
Repurposed leaf?
The spot of sealing wax on 660 suggests that this may be the originally blank leaf of a bifolio that was part of a letter. However, the wax could have been used to attach the scrap referred to on 660.
FIWV-21a: I should . . . brains
NiW: with nothing . . . lives
FIWV-21a: prompting . . . revolve
NiW: for . . . him
FIWV-21a: Though . . . written
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DFIWVFIWV-21a,FIWV-21a,FIWV-21a,FIWV-22b,FIWV-23-p. 156single leafrRepurposed leaf?
The spot of sealing wax on 660 suggests that this may be the originally blank leaf of a bifolio that was part of a letter. However, the wax could have been used to attach the scrap referred to on 660.
NiW: There dwells . . . hut
FIWV-21a: the last . . . revolve
NiW: for he . . . astonish him
FIWV-21a: with his . . . all
NiW: with nothing . . . he lives
FIWV-21a: prompting . . . advice
NiW: A thought . . . lake
FIWV-22b: There we . . . seams
FIWV-22b in left margin: so that . . . picked
FIWV-23 in left margin: Others there were . . . had I. V S about waiting for a guest
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EEcoEco-75Start of Eco contentp. 1single leafr-
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EEcoEco-91,Eco-92-p. 7single leafrNiW:: dren who sat . . . sciatica.
Eco-91: Xref: Not long since [written over pencilled Only the other day &c] V 3 ps forward [in pencil]
Eco-92: The customs . . . thing whether
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EEcoEco-93-p. 8single leafv-
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EEcoEco-92,Eco-93,Eco-94,Eco-95,Eco-96-p. 9single leafrThe paper and ink of this leaf (images 676/677) and the continuity of the text from the preceding leaf (images 674/675) support its inclusion in Draft E. However, manuscript evidence supports the conclusion that in the process of composition Thoreau moved the leaf to Draft G and it was in Draft G when he read the corrected proof for this part of the book.
Eco-92: and passion . . . favor."
Eco-93 & Eco-94: "On the fourth . . . and pure flame."
Eco-94: They then feast . . . themselves."
Eco-95: The mexicans . . . end-- [added in pencil]
Eco-96: I have scarcely . . . of an inward
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EEcoEco-96,Eco-91,Eco-97a,Eco-95,illegible-p. 10single leafvEco-96: and spiritual . . . revelation.
NiW: But either . . . apprehended it.
Eco-91: Not long since . . . dust.
Eco-97a: For more than 5 years [added in pencl]
Eco-95: The mexicans . . . an end [added in pencil]
[illegible added in pencil]
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EEcoEco-109b,Eco-110b-p. 16bifoliov2Eco-109b: which reformed . . . of light
Eco-110b: All health . . . worthies of the world. [If then we would . . . as nature ourselves in pencil in right margin]
Xref: ^ vs Even the prophets [pencil] [This may refer to 930.]
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EWILWIL-3,WIL-5Start of WIL contentp. 17single leafrXref: ^ VS The real [pencil] {See hm924v4n573, where T refers to the same scrap following an earlier version of this passage.}
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ESouSou-5aStart of Sou content
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EVisVis-3Start of Vis contentp. 25single leafr-
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EVisVis-13b,Vis-13c,Vis-13d,Vis-13e,Vis-14a-p. 37single leafrV-13b: without feathers . . . wrong way.
V-13c: He would . . . all day!"
V-13d: I asked . . . of weeds!"
V-13e: He would sometimes . . . improvement [interlined in pencil] ^ one winter day I asked him . . . the like virtues-- [pencil crosswritten over ink]
V-14a: There was a certain . . . own opinion,
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EVisVis-17,Vis-18Title catchword: Beans [BeF]p. 42single leafvBeans [in pencil following ink text; catchwords]
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EPonPon-1a,Pon-1bTitle: The Pondsp. 47bifolior1The Ponds [pencil]
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E-Pon-5,Pon-7a-p. 56single leafvPon-5: unnatural . . . Angelo
Pon-7a: The shore is composed . . . heart-leaves
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E-Pon-9a,Pon-9b,Pon-6a-p. 57single leafrPon-9a: some trace . . . land
Pon-9b: The ornamented . . . trace of this
Pon-6a: The water is so transparent . . . I heaved my
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E-Pon-6a,Pon-6b-p. 58single leafvPon-6a: axe back on . . . down the
Pon-6b: longest . . . out again.
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E-Pon-15,Pon-16-p. 59single leafrNiW:: across it . . . high wind.
Pon-15: You may see . . . bottom. [of the pencilled additions, "There are also smaller heaps in other parts of the pond" is NiW]
Pon-16: The shore . . . good a setting
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E-Pon-16,HW-2-p. 60single leafvPon-16: nor appears . . . fringe the shore
NiW: This is also . . . frosts
HW-2: Already, by the first . . . admires
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E-HW-2,Pon-18a-p. 61single leafrHW-2: itself reflected . . . upon the walls
Pon-18a: Standing on the . . . Indeed they sometimes
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E-Pon-18a-p. 62single leafvPon-18a: dive below the line . . . It is like molten glass
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E-Pon-18b,Pon-18d-p. 63single leafrPon-18 b: You can even detect . . . surface
Pon-18d: It is a soothing . . . on its
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E-Pon-18d,Pon-21,Pon-20-p. 64single leafvPon-18d: otherwise invisible surface . . . echo
Pon-21: The skaters & waterbugs . . . surface.
Pon-20: A field of water . . . sweeps over it
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E-Pon-18d,Pon-19,Pon-21-p. 65single leafrPon-18d: life, the heaving . . .how sweet the echo!
Pon-19: In such a day v 3 ps forward [pencil xref]
Pon-21: The skaters . . . though it no longer re-
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E-Pon-21-p. 66single leafvPon-21: flected the bright . . . transparent and apparently
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E-Pon-21-p. 67bifolior1Pon-21: bottomless . . . dry afternoon after all {"Even as late . . . dry afternoon after all" added in pencil in left margin]
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E-Pon-20,Pon-21,Pon-19-p. 68bifoliov1Pon-20: A field of water . . . sweeps over it.
Pon-21: v back The skaters & water bugs [pencil xref]
Pon-19: In such a day . . . whose quick-
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E-Pon-19,Pon-20,Pon-23-p. 69bifolior2Pon-19: silver will . . . bosom still.
NiW: while the sun . . . rain
Pon-20: A field of water &c [pencil xref]
Pon-23: When I first paddled . . . many an
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E-Pon-23-p. 70bifoliov2Pon-23: hour when . . . aisles of the wood
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EPonPon-28a,Pon-28b-p. 71bifolior1Pon-28a: Flint’s . . . flat
Pon-28b: bottom . . . defined,
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EPonPon-28b-p. 72bifoliov1Pon-28b: as if . . . bottom, and
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EPonPon-28b-p. 73bifolior2Pon-28b: sometimes cast . . . indefinite period
NiW: No naturalist . . . Lake of the Woods
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EPonPon-29-p. 74bifoliov2NiW:: According . . . west of Concord
Pon-29: Flint’s Pond . . . I go
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EPonPon-32,Pon-33,Pon-34-p. 75single leafrPon-32: to be fit . . . was not there
Pon-33: Instead of . . . greenish water
Pon-34: White . . . Light
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EPonPon-34-p. 76single leafvPon-34: If they . . . beau-
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EPon,,BaFPon-34,,,BaF-1Title: Baker Farmp. 77single leafrPon-34: ty . . . earth.
Baker Farm [pencil]
NiW: I also visited . . . spreading into a swamp. [see image 614.]
BaF-1: Sometimes I rambled . . . with wreathes
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EHLHL-13,HL-15-p. 113single leafrv b of n p
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EHLHL-15,HL-14aTitle catchphrase: Fall Animals [BN]p. 114single leafvFall animals [pencil following ink text; catchwords]
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EBNBN-1,BN-2Title: Fall Animals [BN]p. 115single leafrFall animals [pencil at top of page]; "Fall" erased
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E---p. 121bifolior2Leaf waxed on obscures some r2 text
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E---p. 122bifoliov2v 3 ps back the ground bird [pencil]; v bot of n p b 1 Raccoon [pencil]
790
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E---p. 123single leafrWaxed on to bottom of r2 of bifolio
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E---p. 124single leafvBlank; top of image is bottom of v2 of bifolio
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E---p. 126single leafvv back 2 ps [pencil]
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EBNBN-14,BN-15a,BN-16a-p. 128single leafvBN-14 small species . . . Sweden".
BN-14 The battle . . . Bill. [interlined in penicl, then in ink]
BN-15a many a village bose [interiined in pencil]
BN-16a In the fall . . . patent
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EBNBN-16a-p. 129single leafrBN-16a rifles . . . But
797
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EBNBN-16b,BN-17-p. 130single leafvBN-16b they . . . rain
BN-17 As I . . . few rods
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EBNBN-16b,BN-17-p. 131bifolior1BN-16b to town . . . surface
BN-17 As I was . . . & he
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EBNBN-17-p. 132bifoliov1BN-17 dived . . . against a
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EBNBN-17-p. 133bifolior2BN-17 loon . . . much faster
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EBNBN-17-p. 134bifoliov2BN-17 there than . . . laughter, yet
802
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EBNBN-17-p. 135single leafrBN-17 in New York . . . yet further than
^ once or twice v n p [pencil]
802-803 contain a re-casting of material on 800-801; "in New York" at top of 802 repeats/revises "Seneca Lake NY" near bottom of 800
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EBNBN-17-p. 136single leafvBN-17 at first . . . far and wide. &
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EBNBN-17-p. 137single leafrBN-17 somewhat like . . . whole air
805
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EBNBN-17,BN-18-p. 138single leafvBN-17 with misty rain . . . surface.
BN-18 For hours . . .that I do
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EHWHW-1Title: House-Warmingp. 139single leafrHouse Warming [pencil at top of page and again above pencilled text added up left margin]
807
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EHWHW-15,HW-16b,HW-17-p. 155single leafrT's poetry: Light-winged Smoke
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EHWHW-19Title: House Warmingp. 158single leafvEllen Sturgis-Hooper's poetry, The Wood-Fire, "When I am glad or gay . . . And with us by the unequal light of the old wood-fire talked."
Animals [pencil following ink text; catchword]
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EWAWA-8Start of WA contentp. 159single leafr-
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EWAWA-8,WA-9-p. 160single leafv-
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EFIWVFIWV-2b,FIWV-3Start of FIWV contentp. 165single leafr-
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EFIWVFIWV-3,FIWV-4-p. 166single leafv-
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EFIWVFIWV-4,FIWV-5,FIWV-6-p. 167single leafr-
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EFIWVFIWV-6,FIWV-9a-p. 168single leafv-
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EFIWVFIWV-7b,FIWV-8a-p. 169single leafr-
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EFIWVFIWV-11b,FIWV-11c,FIWV-12-p. 171single leafrBright blue ink cancellation
839
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EFIWVFIWV-12-p. 172single leafv-
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EFIWVFIWV-12-p. 173single leafrNiW: Wells must be among the oldest monuments . . . to be dug.
FIWV-12: These cellar dents like . . .
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E---p. 174single leafvBlank
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EFIWVFIWV-14,FIWV-15b,FIWV-15a-p. 175single leafr-
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EFIWVFIWV-16Start of FIWV contentp. 176single leafvWinter Visitors [pencil at top of page]
Bright blue ink interlineation
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EFIWVFIWV-16,FIWV-17-p. 177single leafrBright blue ink cancellation and interlineation
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EFIWVFIWV-18,FIWV-19-p. 181single leafrBright blue ink cancellation and interlineation
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EFIWVFIWV-19,FIWV-20-p. 182single leafv-
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EFIWVFIWV-20,FIWV-21a-p. 183single leafr-
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EFIWVFIWV-21a-p. 184single leafvBright blue ink interlineation
852
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EFIWVFIWV-21a,FIWV-22b-p. 185single leafrBright blue ink cancellation
FIWV-21a: the only friend . . . right road."
NiW A thought . . . inland lake. VS He is &c [ref to 21b]
FIWV-22b: There we worked . . . fable here
853
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EFIWVFIWV-22b,FIWV-23,FIWV-24-p. 186single leafv-
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EFIWVFIWV-24-p. 187portion of single leafrRepurposed leaf
FIWV-24: says . . . from the town.
855
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E-Title: Pond in Winterp. 188portion of single leafvRepurposed leaf
Pond in Winter [pencil at top of page; other contents: draft of part of T's plan made for George Loring for a lead pipe machine. September 15, 1852 (see image 84)]
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EPWPW-6cStart of PW contentp. 189single leafr-
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E---p. 190single leafv-
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E---p. 191single leafrMost Ponds [pencil following ink text; catchwords]
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E---p. 192single leafvBlank
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EPWPW-15,PW-19a-p. 198bifoliov1-
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EPWPW-19a,PW-16a-p. 199bifolior2-
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EPWPW-17b-p. 201single leafr-
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EPW,EcoPW-18,Eco-106b-p. 204single leafv^ v forward Deep ruts &c [pencil]
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EEcoEco-106b-p. 205single leafr-
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E--p. 206single leafv-
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EPWPW-18-p. 207single leafrv back [pencil in left margin]
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EPWPW-18-p. 208single leafv-
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ECon,PWCon-8b,PW-18,PW-19c-p. 209single leafr-
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EPWPW-19c,PW-19b,PW-20-p. 210single leafv-
878
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ESprSpr-2bStart of Spr contentp. 211single leafr-
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ESprSpr-2b,Spr-3-p. 212single leafvMost Ponds [pencil following ink text; catchphrase]
880
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ESprSpr-3-p. 213bifolior1Spr-3: squirrels bark, for . . . disappeared [ink1 rev in ink1 and pencil]
881
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ESprSpr-3,Spr-4a-p. 214bifoliov1Spr-3: entirely . . . Mar. 22d 53 [ink1 rev in pencil]
Spr-4a: Every incident . . . and can [ink1 rev in ink1 and pencil]
Latest date is Mar. 22d 53
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E---p. 215bifolior2-
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E---p. 218single leafvvs Walden &c [pencil]
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ESprSpr-25a,Spr-25b,Spr-25c,Spr-26Title catchword: Conclusionp. 222single leafvConclusion [pencil following ink text]
890
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EConCon-5Start of Con contentp. 223single leafr-
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E---p. 224single leafvSome are {dim} &c [pencil]; If the Reader &c [pencil] though you are a fungus 1/2 page [pencil]; the It is a ridiculous demand [pencil]
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FSprSpr-6,Spr-7a,Spr-7b,Spr-8Spr content on leaves from 1846-48 MS Journal volp. 1single leafrNB: This leaf, Images 1008 , 1009, 1010, and 1011, as well as two images HM 924 Volume 8 (1300 and 1299), belong to a now-fragmentary MS Journal volume that Thoreau filled from winter 1846-47 through spring 1848. The material on these leaves was probably written in spring 1848 (see PE J2, p. 462-465). The sand foliage material begins on image 1299 and continues on 1008.
[I have done my best to identify paragraphs related to passages on each page, but these relationships
need closer examination and refinement. —BW]
Spr-6: There lie the sand . . . degree of fineness and every shade of color--
Spr-7a: The whole bank . . . in one spring day.
Spr-7b: Each lobe of these earth leaves
Spr-8: perchance . . . larger or smaller
Reordering: penciled 4, 6, 10, 8 written over 7, 7 , 9' [prime] written over 9, 13
1009
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FSprSpr-8,Spr-6,Spr-9aSpr content on leaves from 1846-48 MS Journal volp. 2single leafvSpr-8: so perchance . . . and branch & branch again into a myriad others--
Spr-6: Here it is . . . adhesive clay--
Spr-6: And where the flowing mass reaches . . . the ripple marks on the bottom
Spr-8: The lobes are the . . . might have caused it flow farther.
Spr-9a: Thus is seemed as if . . . operations in nature.
Reordering: ink 14'' written over ink 2, pencilled 13 c in ink, ink 14', pencilled 9, pencilled 14, pencilled 17
1010
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FSprSpr-7b,Spr-8,Spr-7a,Spr-6,Spr-7a,Spr-6,Spr-8Spr content on leaves from 1846-48 MS Journal volp. 3single leafrSpr-7b: So the stream . . . as the springs which feed it.
Spr-7b and 8: I perceive that . . . clay this very day--
Spr-7a: I am in the studio of an artist who is even now a work--or rather at play--forming fresh designs.
Spr-6 and 7a: This cut is about a quarter of a . . . and forms masses and conglomerations
NiW but if it flowed upward . . . & unimpeded
Spr-6: clusters of graceful sprays overlying each other [ink1, cancelled in ink1]
Spr-8: Here you may see how blood vessels . . . up in the sands--
NiW It seemed so artful
Reordering: pencilled 16 written over 11, 11, 3, 15, 12
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FSprSpr-8,Spr-6,Spr-9aSpr content on leaves from 1846-48 MS Journal volp. 4single leafvSpr-8: The thawing mass a stream . . . system & in the still finer sand & mould the flesh. [ink1 rev in ink1] [written between lines of a draft of "Ktaadn" which begins "In the next ["10" altered to" 9"] miles which completed" and ends "This is generally the order of names as you ascend the river &c v 81"]
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FSprSpr-8,Spr-6,Spr-7a,Spr-8,Spr-9aSpr content on anomalous leafp. 5single leafr[Repurposed leaf: T's first layer of writing on this page, a pencilled draft of his poem, "To the Comet," is visible here and there under the ink text. It takes up about two-thirds of the page. The only other version of the poem is at the John Hay Library, Brown University ]
Spr-8: as many lobes . . . might have caused it to flow yet further. [ink1 rev in ink1 and pencil]
Spr-6 and 7a: The material flowing downward, . . . conglomerations
NiW but if it flowed upward . . . open and airy.
Spr-8: In the morning . . . as the springs which feed it.
Spr-9a: Thus it seemed . . . inhabit it. [ink1 rev in pencil]
Spr-9a: In the spring of the year . . . that we may turn over a new leaf at last [written vertically in pencil in right margin; not all of it is in Spr-9a]
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FSprSpr-8Spr content on anomalous leafp. 6single leafv
1014
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FEcoEco-67bStart of Eco contentp. 7single leafraccount of chimney--here? [pencil following ink text]
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F---p. 8single leafvBlank
1016
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FEcoEco-97b-p. 9single leafr-
1017
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FEcoEco-97b,Eco-98-p. 10single leafvAs I preferred some things to others, and [pencil following ink text; catchphrase]
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FWILWIL-7,WIL-8a,WIL-8bStart of WIL contentp. 11single leafr-
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FWILWIL-9,WIL-10-p. 13bifolior1-
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FWILWIL-14b,WIL-14c-p. 21bifolior2-
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FSouSou-2bStart of Sou contentp. 23single leafr-
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F---p. 26single leafvT's poetry: What's the railroad to me?
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FSouSou-14,Sou-15a,Sou-15b-p. 27single leafr-
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FSouSou-15b-p. 28single leafvT's poetry: Now up they go, ding,
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FSolSol-4,Sol-5a,Sol-5cStart of Sol contentp. 29single leafr^ v pencil next p. [pencil]
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FBeFBeF-1Title: Beans [BF]p. 31single leafrBeans [pencil at top of page]
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F---p. 34single leafvvs But to be more [pencil]
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F---p. 39single leafrV L p [pencil]
1047
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FVilVil-2c,Vil-2dStart of Vil contentp. 41bifolior1-
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FVilVil-2d-p. 42bifoliov1-
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FVilVil-2d-p. 43bifolior2-
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FPonPon-1Title: The Pondsp. 45single leafrThe Ponds. [ink at top of page]
T's "394" in pencil in upper right corner
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FPonPon-10a-p. 53single leafr-
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FPonPon-10b-p. 54portion of single leafrPortion of leaf
Waxed on to verso of single leaf
Repurposed leaf
Pon-10b: It is remarkable . . . known it.
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FPonPon-10a,Pon-10c,Pon-11-p. 55single leafv
Pon-10a: converted into a meadow. But . . . affect the deep springs.
Pon-10a: This same sum-/mer the pond it has be-/gun to fall again. v s.
Pon-10a: Flint's Pond . . . White Pond.
Pon-11: This rise . . . standing at
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FPonPon-10a,Pon-11-p. 56portion of single leafvPortion of leaf
Waxed on to verso of single leaf
Repurposed leaf
[draft of 2.26.54 note to Elijah Wood Jr (see Cor 2, p 200)]
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FPonPon-11-p. 57single leafvIn terms of paper structure, verso precedes recto, but content runs from verso to recto.
Repurposed leaf
Pon-11: This rise . . . [circumstances--] [pencil]
NiW I have been
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FPonPon-10b-p. 58single leafrRepurposed leaf
NiW surprised to see what a rampart has been formed . . . force applied beneath.
Pon-10b: Flint's Pond, allowing for the disturbance occasioned . . . [final para, in pencil]
letter to Greeley & McElrath dated January 22, 1853. [For the page containing the address, see image 1166.]
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F-Pon-15,Pon-22-p. 69single leafrPon-15: you wonder . . . bottom.
Pon-22: An old man . . . did not know whose
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F-Pon-22-p. 70single leafvPon-22: it was . . . But now they have mostly disappeared. [bit of folded paper shows this was once part of bifolio; last line, squeezed in, may have been on next leaf of bifolio]
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F-Pon-15,Pon-16-p. 71single leafrPon-15: you wonder . . . bottom.
Pon-16: The shore . . . winding shore
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F-Pon-16-p. 72single leafvPon-16: the most . . . fringe the shore [transposition in MS, noted in diss, does not seem to be noted in F-T]
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F-Pon-23-p. 73single leafrPon-23: When I first . . . many a forenoon
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FPon,PWPon-23,PW-6c,Pon-23-p. 74single leafvPon-23: have I stolen . . . many of them.
PW-6c: What if all . . . bottomless
Pon-23: But since I left . . . are cut down? ["But since I left . . . see the water" written over text in pencil that looks like earlier version of ink text; "My muse . . . are cut down?" added in different ink]
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FHLHL-1Title: Animal Food [HL]p. 75single leafrAnimal Food [pencil at top of page]
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F---p. 77single leafrv bot of n p [pencil]
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F---p. 78single leafvv back [pencil]
v back [pencil; both refer to the recto of this page, I think]
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FHLHL-10-p. 79single leafr3 or 4 white lines [pencil following ink text: instruction for the printer, though proofs are not set with space and T didn't add it 1478 so printer's copy probably didn't include this]
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FWAWA-1Title: Animals [WA]p. 103bifolior1Animals [in pencil at top of page: "Animals" was an earlier name for "Brute Neighbors" in the table of contents in G (see image 904) but the content here is in "Winter Animals"]
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F---p. 122single leafv^ June 1842 A few years before v s n p. [pencil]
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NiW I have even though to make a drawing of it . . . about wit being the soul's powder.
9a: And once more . . . wall in the
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F--Title catchphrase: Winter Animalsp. 152single leafvWinter Animals [on an otherwise blank page; there is no "Winter Animals" content in F]
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FPWPW-5-p. 159single leafrIn terms of paper structure, verso precedes recto, but content runs from verso to recto.
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PW-5: Ah! the pickerel of Walden! . . . it is surprising that these fishes
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Postmark and address leaf for a letter to "Greeley & McElrath / Tribune Building / New York" dated January 22, 1853, at 90 degree angle to PW text. [For the page containing the letter, see https://cdm16003.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16003coll16/id/1065]
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FSprSpr-2b,Spr-3-p. 199single leafrSpr-2b: and muskrats . . . does. Who v. l. p. [ink1 rev in ink1]
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Spr-3: One attraction . . . exhausted, or see [ink1 rev in ink1]
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FSprSpr-3-p. 200single leafvSpr-3: the woodchuck venture . . . the 25th of March, [ink1 rev in ink1 and pencil]
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FSprSpr-4a,Spr-4b-p. 202single leafvSpr-4a: hear him express . . . out of the [ink1 rev in ink1] [in F, 4a and 4b are continuous]
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FConCon-1Title: Conclusionp. 233bifolior1Conclusion [ink at top of page, written over pencilled French version of Rene Soudihouane quote from Jesuit Relations that appears in English on "Conclusion" page for G: (995), but is NiW.]
Con-1: To the sick . . . but you
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FConCon-1,Con-2-p. 234bifoliov1Con-1: may go to the . . . views of it.
Con-2: Yet we should . . . home-cosmography."
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FConCon-2-p. 235bifolior2Con-2: What does Africa . . . Czar is but a
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FConCon-2-p. 236portion of single leafrwaxed on to r2
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FConCon-2-p. 237portion of single leafvBlank; waxed on to r2
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FConCon-2-p. 238bifoliov2Con-2: petty state . . . they more of the road.
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FConCon-3-p. 239single leafrCon-3: sacred laws . . . to meet with any such.
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FConCon-4-p. 240single leafvCon-4: I left . . . to take a
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FConCon-4,Con-5-p. 241single leafrCon-4: cabin passage . . . go below now.
Con-5: I learned this . . . liberal sense, and
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FConCon-5,Con-9-p. 242single leafvCon-5: he will live . . . foundations under them.
Con-9: Some are dinning . . . endeavor to be what he was made
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It is &c [pencil following ink text; catchphrase for 6a?]
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FConCon-4,Con-9-p. 243single leafrCon-4: If the reader . . . on the matter--
Con-9: Though you are . . . pigmy that he can?
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FConCon-9,Con-6a,Con-6b,Con-7a,Con-7b-p. 244single leafvCon-9: Let every . . . made.
Con-6a: It is . . . bore.
Con-6b: As if Nature . . . stupidity alone.
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Con-7a: Sometimes . . . got up early enough.
Con-7b: "They pretend . . . illusion,
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FConCon-7b,Con-7c,Con-8a,Con-8b-p. 245single leafrCon-7b: spirit, intellect . . . interpretation.
Con-7c: While England . . . widely & fatally
Con-8a: I do not . . . Walden ice.
Con-8b: Southern customers . . . azure ether beyond.
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FConCon-10-p. 246single leafvCon-10: Why should we be . . . former were not?
There was &c [pencil following ink text; catchphrase for Con-11]
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FConCon-13b-p. 247single leafrCon-13b: We are . . . one necssary of the soul.
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FConCon-13a-p. 248single leafvCon-13a: To be developed, . . . widens to man's view!"
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FConCon-17-p. 249single leafrCon-17: There is an incessant . . . over the wine.
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FConCon-18-p. 250single leafvCon-18: Everyone has heard . . . hatched perchance by [marked 2 in ink]
Con-18: The life in us . . . to record its freshets. [marked 1 in ink]
Everyone &c [pencil in right margin after last line of ink text doesn't look like T's hand; it confirms transposition of paras marked "1" and "2"]
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FConCon-18,Con-19-p. 251single leafrCon-18: the heat of an urn . . . summer life at last!
Con-19: I do not say that . . . character on that morrow
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FConCon-19The Endp. 252single leafvCon-19: which mere lapse . . . The End.
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GEcoEco-38a,Eco-38b,Eco-38bStart of Eco contentp. 3bifolior1Eco-38a: believe . . . now."
NiW I just had . . . size.
Eco-38b: Of what use . . . hang it on.
NiW This is not . . . thine be done.
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Eco-35h: I have heard . . . naked man.
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GEcoEco-90-p. 7single leafrEco-90: By the way I would observe . . . beginnings of evil.
NiW: I saw . . . two bowls, two
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GEcoSol-4,Eco-91-p. 8single leafvNiW:: pewter spoons . . . disease sciatica.
Sol-4: If it should continue . . . grass it will be good for me [faint pencil beneath In the meanwhile . . . in her door, and]
Eco-91: Not long since . . . oft interred with their bones.”
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G---p. 34single leafvBlank
937
F
H
GHLHL-11a-p. 35single leafr-
938
F
H
GHLHL-11a,HL-11b,HL-11c-p. 36single leafv-
939
F
H
GHLHL-13,HL-14a,HL-14b,HL-15-p. 37single leafr-
940
F
H
GHLHL-15-p. 38single leafv-
941
F
H
GBNBN-1,BN-2Title: Brute Neighborsp. 39single leafrBrute Neighbors [ink at top of page]
942
F
H
GBNBN-2,BN-3-p. 40single leafv-
943
F
H
GBNBN-10-p. 41single leafr-
944
F
H
GBNBN-10,BN-11a,BN-11b,BN-11c-p. 42single leafv-
945
F
H
GBNBN-15a,BN-15b-p. 43single leafrlast line: member of the gerbilla family [followed by pencilled catchphrase: Once I]
946
F
H
G---p. 44single leafvBlank
947
F
H
GHWHW-5a,HW-5bStart of HW contentp. 45single leafr-
948
F
H
GHWHW-5b,HW-5c,HW-5d-p. 46single leafv-
949
F
H
GHWHW-6a,HW-6b,HW-18a-p. 47single leafr-
950
F
H
GHWHW-18a,HW-18b-p. 48single leafvv side Perchance [pencil]
951
F
H
GHWHW-6b-p. 49single leafrPortion of a leaf
952
F
H
G---p. 50single leafvPortion of a leaf; calculations in pencil
953
F
H
GHWHW-11-p. 51single leafr-
954
F
H
GHWHW-11-p. 52single leafv-
955
F
H
GHWHW-13b,HW-14-p. 53single leafrlast line: by propitious to me my family & children &c &c. [followed by pencilled catchphrase: It is remarkable &c]
956
F
H
G---p. 54single leafvBlank
957
F
H
GHWHW-15,HW-16a-p. 55single leafr-
958
F
H
GHWHW-16a,HW-16b-p. 56single leafv-
959
F
H
GHWHW-16a,HW-16b-p. 57single leafrlast line: But commonly I kindled [followed by pencilled catchphrase: But I commonly kindled v back]
960
F
H
GHWHW-15-p. 58single leafv-
961
F
H
GHWHW-18b-p. 59single leafr-
962
F
H
GHWHW-18b,HW-19-p. 60single leafvPencilled catchphrase in what looks to me like Sanborn's hand but may be T's "The Next &c" check 1909 and HM 924
963
F
H
GFIWVFIWV-21a,FIWV-21bStart of FIWV contentp. 61single leafrFIWV-21a: men's bodies . . . right road."--
FIWV-21b: He is, perhaps . . . landscape
964
F
H
GFIWVFIWV-21b,FIWV-22a,FIWV-22b-p. 62single leafvFIWV-21b: met together . . . can not spare him.
FIWV-22a: Having each some shingles of thought . . . dissolve there.
FIWV-22b: There we worked . . . here and there, and
965
F
H
GWAWA-11a,WA-11b,WA-11cStart of WA contentp. 63single leafr-
966
F
H
GWA,HWWA-11c,WA-12,HW-18a,WA-13-p. 64single leafv-
967
F
H
GPWPW-4Start of PW contentp. 65single leafrPortion of a leaf
968
F
H
G---p. 66single leafvPortion of leaf; blank
969
F
H
GPWPW-2b-p. 67single leafrPortion of a leaf
last line: eyelids & becomes partially dormant. [followed by pencilled: for 3 months and or more ]
970
F
H
G---p. 68single leafvPortion of a leaf; blank
971
F
H
GPWPW-13a,PW-13b-p. 69single leafrThree-quarters down the page, pencilled catchphrase "When this &" follows ink "ancient axes of elevation" Also transposition
972
F
H
GPWPW-13b-p. 70single leafv-
973
F
H
GPWPW-14-p. 71single leafrlast line: hole "should be found, [followed by pencilled catchphrase: its connexion]
974
F
H
G---p. 72single leafvBlank except for a row of short vertical ink marks--cleaning his pen?
975
F
H
GSprSpr-1,Spr-2a,Spr-2bStart of Spr contentp. 73single leafr-
976
F
H
GSprSpr-2b,Spr-2c-p. 74single leafvThree-quarters down the page, pencilled "v n p"
977
F
H
GSprSpr-6-p. 75single leafr-
978
F
H
GSprSpr-6,Spr-7a-p. 76single leafv-
979
F
H
GSprSpr-8-p. 77bifolio
single leaf		r1
v		Image shows upper part of first page (1r) of bifolio onto which single leaf is waxed, and part of verso of that single leaf (because it has been folded)
Spr-8: the water deposits . . . {covered by single leaf} body would ex- [on visible part of 1r of bifolio]
NiW We might say that the . . . Patagonia. [on visible part of verso of single leaf]
980
F
H
GSprSpr-8-p. 78bifolio
single leaf		r1
r		Image shows upper part of first page (1r) of bifolio onto which single leaf is waxed, and recto of that single leaf. Part of 1r of bifolio is hidden under upper part of single leaf
Spr-8: the water deposits . . . palm leaf with its lobes & veins? [on visible part of 1r of bifolio]
Spr-8: The ear may be regarded . . . caused it to flow yet farther. [on recto of single leaf] above "Each rounded lobe" careted in pencil "v np we might say"
981
F
H
GSprSpr-8-p. 79bifolio
single leaf		r1
v		Image shows all but three or four lines of text on lower part of first page (1r) of bifolio onto which single leaf is waxed, and verso of that single leaf. Single leaf has been lifted up for photo to reveal as much of text on bifolio as possible without putting strain on wax adhering it to bifolio.
Spr-8: {covered by single leaf} now loitering drop . . . on the side of the head. [on visible part of 1r of bifolio]
NiW We might say that the . . . Patagonia. [on visible part of verso of single leaf]
982
F
H
GSprSpr-9a,Spr-9b-p. 80bifoliov1Image shows second page (1v) of bifolio; part of single leaf waxed onto first page of bifolio is visible on the left
983
F
H
GSprSpr-9b,Spr-10-p. 81bifolior2Image shows third page (2r) of bifolio
984
F
H
GSprSpr-10,Spr-11-p. 82bifoliov2Image shows fourth page (2v) of bifolio; part of single leaf waxed onto first page of bifolio is visible on the left
Last line: but breaks in pieces. [followed by pencilled catchphrase: When the ground &c][see 991]
985
F
H
GSprSpr-7a,Spr-7b,Spr-8-p. 83single leafr-
986
F
H
GSprSpr-8-p. 84single leafv-
987
F
H
GSprSpr-8,Spr-9a-p. 85single leafr-
988
F
H
GSprSpr-9a,Spr-9b-p. 86single leafv-
989
F
H
GSprSpr-9b-p. 87single leafr-
990
F
H
G---p. 88single leafvBlank
991
F
H
GSprSpr-11-p. 89single leafr-
992
F
H
GSprSpr-11,Spr-12-p. 90single leafvLast line: a lover he adorns the tresses of summer. [followed by pencilled catchphrase: At the approach &c]
993
F
H
GSprSpr-14-p. 91single leafr-
994
F
H
G---p. 92single leafvBlank
995
F
H
G--p. 93single leafrC: Conclusion [pencil]
NiW "Rene Soudihuoane . . . as a dog." Jesuit Relations
997
F
H
GConCon-6b-p. 95single leafr-
996
F
H
G---p. 94single leafvBlank
998
F
H
G---p. 96single leafvBlank
999
F
H
GConCon-6a,Con-6b-p. 97single leafr-
1000
F
H
GConCon-6b,Con-7-p. 98single leafv-
1001
F
H
----Inside back cover---
1002
F
H
----Back cover---

Detailed instructions ⇡

Manuscript vs. fluid-text edition ⇡

The main purpose of the search tool is to enable you to compare the fluid-text edition with Thoreau’s own manuscript pages. The fluid-text edition is based on Ronald Clapper’s 1967 transcription of the manuscript. (See the edition’s “Introduction.”) Clapper’s transcription isn’t a diplomatic one — that is, Clapper didn’t attempt to represent the precise markings on a given manuscript surface but rather sought to provide a high-level view of insertions, cancellations, transpositions, and other changes. (For example, the transcription gives no indication of how a particular word was deleted — with a straight line, say, or a wavy one — and it doesn’t register where one line of writing ends and a new one begins. It does, however, indicate when text has been inserted in pencil as opposed to ink.) If you’re looking at a passage in the fluid-text edition and want to inspect the relevant manuscript surface or surfaces (possibly across multiple versions), the search tool can help you find what you’re looking for. Conversely, if you’re inspecting a manuscript surface and want to consult a transcription for help deciphering Thoreau’s handwriting or understanding his revisions, the search tool can help you get to the right location in the fluid-text edition.

Comparing the manuscript to the edition’s transcription, you’ll undoubtedly come across discrepancies. Some of these might arise from errors on Clapper’s part. (You’ve only to examine a few images of HM 924 to understand how easy it would have been for Clapper to omit a detail or misread a word, especially given that he didn’t have the luxury of enlarging high-resolution scans on a large computer monitor.) We’re developing a workflow for inviting readers to report errors of this kind that they believe they’ve found.

Other discrepancies may be the result of editorial decisions by Clapper that are entirely reasonable within the context of his aims. Above, we used paragraph segment 2b from “Economy” as an example of a passage to search for in our table. If you do, one of the results that will be returned to you is Image #9 from Version A. Yet if you consult the fluid-text edition, you’ll find that Clapper describes Economy 2b as first written in Version B, and you won’t find a paragraph segment marker for 2b in the fluid-text edition’s column for Version A. Why not?

The question is best answered, perhaps, by first considering why the search table treats the page from Version A as one that includes content from 2b. In the excerpted region of Image #9 below, you can see that between the last word of 2a — “speaking” — and the first word of of 2c — “Perhaps” — Thoreau has held a place, as it were, for 2b with a penciled insertion consisting of a line drawn from the left margin, an inverted caret, and the words “I require &c.” We can’t tell at what point in his sequence of revisions Thoreau did this, or whether, in doing it, he was referencing the wording of 2b that we see in Version B or (as seems more likely), a passage from his journal, which he mined extensively for Walden content. In that passage, which dates from sometime between fall 1845 and winter 1846, Thoreau initially wrote, “I expect of any lecturer that he will read me a more or less simple & sincere account of his life–of what he has done & thought.” He then wrote “require” above the word “expect” without canceling either word (Journal 2: 1842-1848, ed. Robert Sattelmeyer [Princeton University Press, 1984], p. 141. The addition of “require” is reported in the Table of Alterations at the back of the volume; see 141.15 on p. 538.)

page region of Walden MS image number 19

Thoreau’s placeholder insertion in Version A for what would become paragraph 2b. Click to enlarge in a new window/tab.

Because the placeholder insertion in Version A contains some of what would eventually become 2b — if only two words — our search tool treats Image #9 as containing 2b content.

Clapper made a different editorial decision, possibly judging the two-word placeholder, with its uncertain timing and provenance, as insufficient evidence to assert that 2b was “first written” in A. Again, the decision would be a reasonable one, consistent with his aims. The screen capture below (click on it to enlarge it) may provide a helpful visual summary of the foregoing explanation.

Screen capture of fluid-text edition showing paragraph segment 2b in multiple versions
“Economy” 2b as represented in Versions A-C and the Princeton Edition by the fluid text.

Accessing and identifying manuscript pages ⇡

There are two ways to access a given page of the Walden manuscript in the Huntington Library’s digital collection: through the viewer provided on the library’s website or at the underlying image file’s URL. For each image in HM924, the search tool provides a link to both the Huntington viewer and the URL for the underlying image file.

Two views of image number 8 - Huntington viewer and full-size URL
HM 924 Image #8 as it appears in the Huntington website’s viewer (left) and at the URL for the full-size image (right).

The full-size image files are large and can take quite a while to load in a browser, especially with a lower-speed internet connection. The Huntington viewer will load images much faster. Within the viewer, you can scroll to adjust the size of the image. The last entry in the list under each image’s “Item Description” is a link to a “IIIF image” for the item. This link is another way to access the image at full size. (More below on IIIF.)

In the Huntington viewer, you can also page forward and backward through the manuscript and examine image metadata.

Important: The page number that you’ll find in the column to the right of each image in the Huntington viewer corresponds to a page number in one of the seven bound volumes of HM924. These numbers are not the same as those in the leftmost column of the search tool. In the search tool, each image has been assigned a number based on the image’s URL, whether in the viewer or at the location of the full-size image. For example, the image identified as “p. 1” of Volume A on the Huntington site has the URL https://cdm16003.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16003coll16/id/8 and is identical to the full-size image at https://cdm16003.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/iiif/p16003coll16/8/full/full/0/default.jpg. Note the “8” in each URL. In the search table, this is Image #8. (Note, too, that the number beneath the image in the viewer is 9. The numbers beneath the images do not necessarily correspond with the image numbers in the search table, either.

Screen shot of Huntington manuscript viewer
Image #8 as seen in the Huntington manuscript viewer. It is the ninth image in this volume and the first MS page in the volume.

In summary, the image numbers in the search table correspond reliably to the image URLs in both locations (Huntington, full-size), making them the best way to identify any particular image so as to make it findable in either location.

Finally, note that the numbers reflect the order in which images were scanned. Volume 7 (Version G) was scanned before Volume 6 (Version F), so the numbers for the later volume are lower than those for the earlier one. Again, the important point is that each number is a reliable identifier for that image at whatever location you’re viewing it.

Chapter abbreviations ⇡

The search tool uses the following abbreviations to represent the 18 chapters of Walden. Although the abbreviations contain upper- and lower-case letters, table searches are case-insensitive, so you’ll get the same result by typing “eco” as you would by typing “Eco.” When searching for all paragraph segments in a given chapter, you’ll likely want to include a hyphen in your search term so that, for example, your search for paragraph segments in “Where I Lived, and What I Lived For” doesn’t turn up rows that contain the word “will.” Searching for “WIL-” or “wil-” should get you the results you’re after.

  • Eco = Economy
  • WIL = Where I Lived, and What I Lived For
  • Rea = Reading
  • Sou = Sounds / [Railroad]
  • Sol = Solitude
  • Vis = Visitors
  • BeF = The Bean Field / [Beans]
  • Vil = The Village
  • Pon = The Ponds
  • BaF = Baker Farm
  • HL = Higher Laws / [Animal Food]
  • BN = Brute Neighbors / [Fall Animals]
  • HW = House-Warming
  • FIWV = Former Inhabitants; and Winter Visitors
  • WA = Winter Animals / [Animals]
  • PW = The Pond in Winter
  • Spr = Spring
  • Con = Conclusion

Examples of paragraph segments ⇡

  • Eco-2b = Economy, paragraph 2, segment 2b
  • Rea-2a = Reading, paragraph 2, segment 2a

Other abbreviations ⇡

  • NiW = Not in Walden
  • – = Not applicable or no data available yet
  • F = Full-size image
  • H = Image on the Huntington website

Using the Notes column ⇡

The Notes column of the search tool provides information about the contents and visible physical features of the pages and leaves shown in the images. Since the search tool is a work in progress, the absence of a note indicates only that the image of a page hasn’t yet been examined and annotated.

Frequently used categories of information are shown below, together with keywords you can use to search for them.

There are occasional notes about content that ended up in other works than Walden.

Passages that the Digital Thoreau editorial team has focused on are likely to have detailed notes. For example, one of our ongoing projects is to construct a revision narrative for Thoreau’s description, in “Spring,” of the sand foliage at the Deep Cut. The core of this description is in “Spring” paragraphs 5 through 9, identified in the table as Spr-5 through Spr-9. If you search for these paragraph segments you’ll find extensive notes on sand foliage material in drafts A, F, and G.

Abbreviations used in Notes

  • AW = A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers (Princeton UP, 1980)
  • BW = Beth Witherell
  • Cor 2 = Correspondence 2: 1849-1856 (Princeton UP, 2018)
  • LR = Later Revision to Journal MS
  • NiW = text not located in Walden
  • np = no page number by Thoreau
  • PE = Princeton Edition
  • r = recto
  • rev = revised
  • T = Thoreau
  • v = verso
To findSearch the table for
Additions by Franklin Benjamin Sanborn (FBS wrote on every page of the MS; only a few are noted)Sanborn
Blank pagesblank
Markers, such as chapter titles or catchwords, that indicate the beginning of a chapterChapLoc
Leaves or portions of leaves that Thoreau waxed togetherwax
Portions of leaves (entire leaves are not noted)portion
Repurposed leaves (recycled by Thoreau)repurposed
Text in pencilpencil
Thoreau’s page numbersT’s "
Correlations of MS contents marked with “||” and turnovers from one sheet to the next in corrected proofsproofsheet

Using the Chap Loc column ⇡

Entries in the Chap Loc column indicate the starting point of content for particular chapters, as well as chapter titles, title catchwords, and title catchphrases in Thoreau’s hand. Searching for a particular passage in the manuscript is often easier if you can find the beginning of the chapter in which the passage is found.

Working with IIIF images ⇡

The Huntington Library’s images of HM 924 use the International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF, for short), an interoperable technology and community framework for image delivery. The use of IIIF not only makes it possible for the Huntington to display each image, together with associated metadata, on its own site; it also enables scholars, teachers, and students to embed the images in their own digital projects. By using the IIIF syntax when pointing to an image, it’s possible to scale the image to a desired size, display only a particular region of the image, or rotate the image (for example, to make text written vertically in a page margin easier to read.)

Under the terms of the grant from the State University of New York that funded digitization of HM 924 and HM 925, written permission is not required to embed these images in your project, but you should be sure to provide attribution to the Huntington Library when you do so.

Complete information on the syntax for calling images via the IIIF API may be found on the IIIF website.

The basic template is as follows:

{scheme}://{server}{/prefix}/{identifier}/{region}/{size}/{rotation}/{quality}.{format}

For the Walden MS images, therefore, the following URL will bring up p. 1 of Walden Version A, which is Image #8 in the search table.

https://cdm16003.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/iiif/p16003coll16/8/full/full/0/default.jpg

In the URL, the first full indicates the {region} and the second full indicates the {size}.

Thus, callinghttps://cdm16003.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/iiif/p16003coll16/8/full/pct:10/0/default.jpg will bring in the full page at 10% of its size:

Page 1 of A at 10%

Displaying a page region

To display a region of the image other than full, you can specify the coordinates of the region using absolute pixel values by replacing full with x,y,w,h where x = the number of pixels from the 0 position of the horizontal axis, y = the number of pixels from the 0 position of the vertical axis, w = the width of the region in pixels and h = the height of the region in pixels. (Note that the x,y coordinates 0,0 represent the upper left corner of the image, and that the upper left corner of the image is not the same as the upper left corner of the manuscript page, since the gray margin surrounding the page is part of the image.)

Thus, to display the bracketed and canceled passage on this page at 30% of its full size, we would want to call https://cdm16003.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/iiif/p16003coll16/8/1150,6200,7000,2000/pct:30/0/default.jpg:

Page region

Determining the right coordinates for a region takes some finagling. If you download the image and open it in an image-viewing application such as Apple’s Preview, you should be able to get approximate coordinates. You can then pop the URL-with-coordinates into your browser’s location bar and, by repeatedly adjusting them and refreshing the browser, ascertain that you’re capturing the desired region.

Rotating images

To rotate an image region, replace the 0 with the desired rotation (e.g., 90 for 90 degrees).

For example, the URL https://cdm16003.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/iiif/p16003coll16/434/800,737,1450,5870/pct:30/90/default.jpg will bring up the region with coordinates 800,737,1450,5870 on p. 1 of the B-C Version (Image #434 in the search table) rotated 90 degrees at 30%, making it easier to read what Thoreau has written vertically in the left margin:

Page region rotated 90 degrees