1820 Emerson began to keep regular journals
1822 “Thoughts on the Religion of the Middle Ages” published in The Christian Disciple and Theological Review
1835 A Historical Discourse, Delivered Before the Citizens of Concord, 12th September, 1835. On the Second Centennial Anniversary of the Incorporation of the Town published (Concord: G.F. Bemis)
1836 Nature published (Boston: James Munroe)
1837 An Oration, Delivered Before the Phi Beta Kappa Society, at Cambridge, August 31, 1837, [“Phi Beta Kappa Address,” or “American Scholar”] published (Boston: James Munroe)
“Michael Angelo” published in North American Review
1838 An Address Delivered Before the Senior Class in Divinity College, Cambridge, Sunday Evening, 15 July, 1838, [“Divinity School Address”] published (Boston: James Munroe)
An Oration, Delivered Before the Literary Societies of Dartmouth College, July 24, 1838, published (Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown)
Pieces (review, letter, and essay) published in The Christian Examiner, the Washington Daily National Intelligencer, and the North American Review
1839 Pieces (including poems “Each and All” and “The Rhodora”) published in The Western Messenger
1840 Pieces (essays, poems, review) published in The Dial
1841 Essays [First Series] published (Boston: James Munroe; also in London)
The Method of Nature. An Oration, Delivered Before the Society of the Adelphi, in Waterville College, in Maine, August 11, 1841, published (Boston: Samuel G. Simpkins)
Pieces published in The Dial
1842 Emerson began to edit The Dial (served as editor until 1844)
Pieces published in The Dial
1843 Pieces published in The Dial, review in The United States Magazine and Democratic Review
First British edition of “Phi Beta Kappa Address” published
1844 Essays: Second Series published (Boston: James Munroe)
An Address Delivered in the Court-House in Concord, Massachusetts, on 1st August, 1844, on the Anniversary of the Emancipation of the Negroes in the British West Indies published (Boston: James Munroe)
Pieces published in The Dial
Multiple titles published in London (including Orations, Lectures, and Addresses; The Young American. A Lecture; and Essays: Second Series)
1847 Poems published in Boston (James Munroe) and London (both editions published December 1846; title pages dated 1847)
