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"Thoreau's Journals, at home of E. H. Russell, Worcester, February 26, 1901" (Courtesy Concord Free Public Library)
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Thoreau's Correspondence
First Publications of Thoreau's Books and Essays
Recommended Editions of Thoreau's Works
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  HDT's correspondence

1834-1848

1849-1856       1857-1862


Date         Correspondent        Correspondent  MS & Repository
                                  Location       Information
				                                          
00 00 34  t  Sparhawk, O          [Cambridge]    MA  MaLiTIW
05 30 36  f  Peabody, AG          Cambridge      MS  NNPM
07 05 36  t  Vose, H              Concord        MS  CSmH 
07 31 36  f  Rice, CW             Brookfield     MS  MCo 
08 05 36  t  Rice, CW             Concord        MSc IU
09 07 37  f  Richardson, J Jr     Dedham         MS  NN
10 13 37  t  Vose, H              Concord        MS  NN
10 22 37  f  Vose, H              Butternuts     MS  NNPM
10 27 37  t  Thoreau, H           Concord        MSc NN
11 11 37  t  Thoreau, J Jr        Concord        MS  NN
12 30 37  t  Brownson, OA         Concord        MS  InNd
02 09 38  t  Haskins, DG          Concord        MS  NjP
02 10 38  t  Thoreau, J Jr        Concord        MSx Unknown owner
03 17 38  t  Thoreau, J Jr        Concord        MS  CSmH
04 12 38  f  Quincy, J            Cambridge      MS  MaLiTIW 
05 28 38  t  Vose, H              Concord        MS  ViU
07 08 38  t  Thoreau, J Jr        Concord        MS  RPB
10 06 38  t  Bigelow, A           Concord        MS  Private owner
10 06 38  t  Thoreau, H           Concord        MS  NN
11 28 38  t  Wheeler, CS          Concord        MS  Dealer
02 15 39  f  Emerson, RW          Concord        MS  MCo
01 03 40  t  Wheeler, CS          Concord        MS  NjP
01 06 40  f  Wheeler, CS          Cambridge      MS  Private owner
[01 21 40]t  Thoreau, H           Concord        MSi NNPM
03 02 40  t  Wheeler, CS          Concord        MS  Private owner
03 04 40  f  Wheeler, CS          [Cambridge]    MS  Private owner
04 06 40  t  Haskins, DG          Concord        MS  Private owner
06 13 40  t  Thoreau, H           Concord        MS  ViU
06 20 40  t  Dear Sir             Concord        MS  MHi
12 01[40] f  Fuller, M            Jamaica        MS  NNPM
01 06 41  t  Con. Town Clk        Concord        MS  MCo
03 09 41  t  Howe, SG             Concord        MS  MWatP
06 03 41  f  Emerson, RW          Concord        MS  NN
06 07 41  f  Emerson, RW          Concord        MS  NN
07 21 41  t  Brown, LJ            Concord        PR
07    41  t  Emerson, RW          [Concord]      MS  Dealer
09 08[41] t  Brown, LJ            Concord        MS  ViU
09 24 41  f  Williams, I          Buffalo        MS  NN
10 05 41  t  Brown, LJ            Concord        PR
10 08 41  t  Williams, I          Concord        MS  NNPM
10 09 41  t  Griswold, R          Concord        MS  NN
10 18 41  f  Fuller, M            Concord        MS  TxU
11 27 41  f  Williams, I          Buffalo        MS  NN
03 02 42  t  Brown, LJ            Concord        MS  MH
03 11 42  t  Emerson, RW          Concord        MS  NN
03 14 42  t  Williams, I          Concord        MSc NN
06 15 42  t  Wheeler, CS          Concord        MS  Private owner
06 23 42  f  Williams, I          Buffalo        MS  NN
10 10 42  t  Williams, I          Concord        MSd CSmH
11 29 42  f  Brownson, OA         Boston         MS  NNPM
12 09[42] f  Richardson, J Jr     Cambridge      MS  NNPM
01 16 43  t  Fuller, R            Concord        MS  NNPM
01 24 43  t  Brown, LJ            Concord        MS  DFo
01 24 43  t  Emerson, RW          Concord        MS  InU
02[09]43  f  Emerson, RW          New York       MS  NN
02 10 43  t  Emerson, RW          Concord        MSx Private owner
02 12 43  t  Emerson, RW          Concord        PR
02 12[43] f  Emerson, RW          New York       MS  MCo
02 15 43  t  Emerson, RW          Concord        MS  NNC
02 20 43  t  Emerson, RW          Concord        PR
02 26 43  f  Peabody, E           Boston         MS  ViU
[03 01 43]t  Emerson, RW          [Concord]      MS  NN
04 02 43  t  Fuller, R            Concord        MS  Private owner
04 06 43  f  [Channing, WE]       [Cambridge]    MSi VtMiM
04 11 43  t  Vose, H              Concord        MS  RPB
05 01 43  f  Channing, WE         Cambridge      PR
05 02 43  f  Hoar, E              Boston         PR
05 11 43  t  Thoreau, C           Staten Is.     MS  ViU
05 12 43  f  James, H Sr          New York       MS  NNPM
05 21 43  f  Emerson, RW          Concord        MS  NNPM
05 22 43  t  Emerson, L           Staten Is.     MS  MBU
05 22 43  t  Thoreau, S           Staten Is.     MS  NN
05 23[43] t  Emerson, RW          Staten Is.     MS  CSmH
05 23 43  t  Thoreau, H           Staten Is.     MSi VtMiM
06 02 43  f  Waldo, G             [New York]     MS  Private owner
06 08 43  t  Thoreau, C & J       Staten Is.     MS  NHi
06 08 43  t  Emerson, RW          Staten Is.     PR
06 09 43  f  Lane, C              Cambridge      PR
06 10 43  f  Emerson, RW          Concord        MS  NN
06 20 43  t  Emerson, L           Staten Is.     MS  CtGreB
07 07[43] t  Thoreau, C           Staten Is.     MS  CSmH
07 08 43  t  Emerson, L & RW      Staten Is.     MS  NN
[07 14 43]t  Publ. of The Dial    [Concord]      PR
07 20 43  f  Emerson, RW          Concord        MS  NNC
07 21 43  t  Thoreau, H           Staten Is.     MS  CSmH
07 28 43  f  O'Sullivan, JL       New York       MS  NN
[08 01 43]t  O'Sullivan, JL       Staten Is.     MSd CSmH
08 06 43  t  Thoreau, C           Staten Is.     MS  ViU
08 07 43  t  Emerson, RW          Staten Is.     MS  NN
08 29 43  t  Thoreau, C           Staten Is.     MS  NNPM
09 08 43  f  Emerson, RW          Concord        PR
09 14[43] t  Emerson, RW          Staten Is.     MS  MBU
09 25 43  f  Fuller, M            Concord        MS  ICarbS
10 01 43  t  Thoreau, C           Staten Is.     MS  CSmH
10 16 43  t  Emerson, L           Staten Is.     MS  NN
10 17[43] t  Emerson, RW          Staten Is.     MS  NN
10 18 43  t  Thoreau, H           Staten Is.     MSi CSmH
10 25 43  f  Emerson, RW          Concord        MS  NN
[11 07 43]t  McKean, HS           Staten Is.     MS  VtMiM
[11 23 43]f  Emerson, RW          Concord        MS  CSmH
12 03 43  f  Hawthorne, S         Concord        MS  NNPM
12 03 43  f  Lane, C              Boston         MS  MHvFM
07 31 44  f  Hecker, I            New York       MS  CSmH
08 14 44  t  Hecker, I            Concord        MS  CSmH
08 15 44  f  Hecker, I            New York       MS  CSmH
08 15 44  t  Hecker, I            Concord        MS  CSmH
10 14[44] t  Munroe & Co          Concord        MS  MB
03 05 45  f  Channing, WE         New York       MS  VtMiM
05 24 45  f  Stevens, DW          Charlestown    MS  Private owner
08 05 45  t  Watson, BM           [Concord]      MS  MH-G
09 17 45  t  Munroe & Co          Concord        MS  PHC
[10 08 45]f  Emerson, RW          Concord        MS  MH
[Fall  45]f  Emerson, RW          [?]            MS  NN
02 17 46  f  Lane, C              New York       MSx Private owner
03 30 46  f  Lane, C              Boonton        MS  ViU
08 16 46  f  Greeley, H           New York       MS  RPB
09 30 46  f  Greeley, H           New York       PR
[09    46]f  Emerson, RW          [Concord]      MS  NN
10 26 46  f  Greeley, H           New York       MSx Private owner
01 17 47  f  Storer, H            Boston         MS  Private owner
02 05 47  f  Greeley, H           New York       MS  VtMiM
02 15 47  t  Storer, H            Concord        MS  VtMiM
03 01 47  f  Williams, H Jr       Boston         MSp MH
05 03 47  f  Cabot, JE            [Boston]       PR
05 08 47  t  Cabot, JE            Concord        MS  MCR-S
05 15 47  f  Hecker, I            Wittem         MS  DStPC
05 27 47  f  Cabot, JE            [Boston]       PR
05 28 47  t  Duyckinck, E         Concord        MS  NN MSS & Archives
06 01 47  t  Cabot, JE            Concord        MS  MCR-S
06 01 47  f  Cabot, JE            [Boston]       PR
06 14 47  t  [Duyckinck, E]       Concord        MS  CU-I
07 03 47  t  Duyckinck, E         Concord        MS  NN MSS & Archives
07 27 47  t  Duyckinck, E         Concord        MS  MHvFM
08 28 47  t  Munroe & Co          Concord        MS  PHi
09 30 47  t  Williams, H Jr       Concord        MS  MH
10 24 47  t  Thoreau, S           Concord        MS  NjP
11 14 47  t  Emerson, RW          Concord        MS  NjP
11 15 47  t  Adams, A             Concord        MS  MHi
12 02 47  f  Emerson, RW          Manchester     MS  NN
12 15 47  t  Emerson, RW          Concord        MS  ViU
12 27 47  t  [Munroe & Co]        Concord        MS  MB
12 29 47  t  Emerson, RW          Concord        MS  NN
01 12 48  t  Emerson, RW          Concord        MS  ViU
01 28 48  f  Emerson, RW          Manchester     MS  NN
02 23 48  t  Emerson, RW          Concord        MS  NN
03 08 48  t  Cabot, JE            Concord        MS  MCR-S
[03 23 48]t  Emerson, RW          Concord        MS  ViU
03 25 48  f  Emerson, RW          London         MS  NN
03 27 48  f  Blake, HGO           Worcester      PR
03 27 48  t  Blake, HGO           Concord        PR & MSi  NN & MH-G 
04 03 48  f  Greeley, H           New York       MS  NNPM
04 17 48  f  Greeley, H           New York       MS  CtY
05 02 48  t  Blake, HGO           Concord        PR
05 17 48  f  Greeley, H           New York       MS  ViU
05 19 48  t  Greeley, H           Concord        MS  MB
05 21 48  t  Emerson, RW          Concord        MS  MH
05 25 48  f  Greeley, H           New York       MS  ViU
08 24 48  t  Thatcher, G          Concord        MS  VtMiM
10 21 48  f  Hawthorne, N         Salem          MS  NN
10 28 48  f  Greeley, H           New York       PR
[11]19 48 f  Greeley, H           New York       MS  VtMiM
11 20 48  f  Hawthorne, N         Boston         MS  NNPM
12 26 48  t  Thatcher, G          Concord        PR

Key to Abbreviations and Symbols
[ ] = information supplied from context
f   = from
MS  = manuscript
MSc = copy in another hand
MSd = draft
MSf = fragment
MSi = incomplete MS
MSp = printed form letter
MSq = quoted
MSs = written by Sophia Thoreau for her brother, Henry Thoreau
PR  = printed
RF  = reference only
t   = to

Key to MS Repository Codes
(Library of Congress USMARC codes for organizations)
CCC     = Honnold/Mudd Library of the Claremont Colleges, Claremont, CA
CSmH    = The Huntington Library, San Marino, CA
CtGre   = Greenwich Library, Greenwich, CT
CtWgGML = Gunn Memorial Library, Washington, CT
CtY     = Yale University, New Haven, CT
CU-I    = University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA
CU-SB   = University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA
DFo     = Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, DC
DLC     = Library of Congress, Washington, DC
DStPC   = The Paulist Archives, Washington, DC
FU      = University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Ia-HA   = State Historical Society of Iowa Library and Archives, Des Moines, IA
ICarbS  = Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
InNd    = University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
InU     = Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
IU      = University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL
MB      = Boston Public Library, Boston, MA
MBN     = Museum of Science, Boston, MA
MBU     = Boston University, Boston, MA
MCo     = Concord Free Public Library, Concord, MA
MCR-S   = Radcliffe College, Schlesinger Library, Cambridge, MA
MeHi    = Maine Historical Society, Portland, ME
MH      = Harvard University, The Houghton Library, Cambridge, MA
MH-Ar   = Harvard University Archives, Cambridge, MA
MH-G    = Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
MHi     = Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston, MA
MHvFM   = Fruitlands Museum, Harvard, MA
MnM     = Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, MN
MPlPS   = Pilgrim Hall Museum, Plymouth, MA
MSaE    = Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA
MWA     = American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, MA
MWatp   = Perkins School for the Blind, Watertown, MA
MWiW-C  = Williams College, Williamstown, MA
NBuBE   = Buffalo and Erie County Public Library, Buffalo, NY
NHi     = The New-York Historical Society, New York, NY
NjP     = Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
NN      = The New York Public Library, The Berg Collection, New York, NY
NNC     = Columbia University, New York, NY
NNPM    = The Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, NY
NRU     = University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
OKentU  = Kent State University, Kent, OH
PHC     = Haverford College, Haverford, PA
PHi     = Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
PSt     = Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
RPB     = Brown University, Providence, RI
ScU     = University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
TxU     = University of Texas, Austin, Austin, TX
ViBlbV  = Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, Blacksburg, VA
ViU     = University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
VtMiM   = Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT
VtU     = The University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
MS Repositories with no Library of Congress USMARC Code
Concord Museum, Concord, MA 
Middlesex School, Concord, MA

For manuscript information contact Elizabeth Witherell.