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"So the sympathy of a friend gives plainness and point to my speech.
This is the advantage of letter writing."
----Journal, 29 December 1840
Many scholars and editors, most notably Randy F. Nelson, Kristin
Fossum, and the late Walter Harding, have contributed to the planned three-volume
set of correspondence to be included in the Princeton Edition of The
Writings of Henry D. Thoreau. Professor Robert
Hudspeth, University of Redlands, is currently at work on Volume 1:
1836-1848 and Volume 2: 1849-1856.
A LIST OF THOREAU'S LETTERS
1836-1848
1849-1856
1857-1862
Divided chronologically into three sections, this is a complete list
of all extant letters, whether in manuscript or print form. The list notes
whether the letter is to (t) or from (f) Thoreau, notes editorial additions
in brackets, includes the name of correspondents and their location, and
provides manuscript and repository information. A key to abbreviations
used follows each list.
For information about Thoreau letters in print, see "A Calendar of the
Correspondence of Henry D. Thoreau," by Carolyn Kappes, Walter Harding,
Randy F. Nelson, and Elizabeth Witherell, in Studies in the American
Renaissance 1982, ed. Joel Myerson (Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1982),
325-399.
If you would like further information about the manuscripts, contact Elizabeth
Witherell. We cannot guarantee that ownership and location have not
changed, especially for manuscripts owned by dealers or in private hands.
Information about the location of Thoreau's manuscripts is crucial to preparing our edition of Thoreau's work. If you know of manuscript pages or letters
that you think we may not know of, please contact Elizabeth
Witherell.
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