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Dimensions2 × 7.5 cm (13/16 × 2 15/16 in.)
Object numberTH10a.1
DescriptionLabel associated with key (Th10a). Paper has string attached at corner, and reads "Key to H. D. Thoreau Desk." Key is to the desk, Th10, that was part of Henry Thoreau's furnishings in his house at Walden Pond and on which he wrote his first book, A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers, as well as the first draft of the book Walden and the essay "Civil Disobedience." The wear pattern around the keyhole of the desk indicates that he habitually kept it locked so that no one could access his journals or papers; there was no lock on the door to his house at Walden Pond.
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- Henry David Thoreau Collection
Object number: 2023.17.10
Object number: 2023.17.14