To which folder does OSX background saved TextEdit recovery files?

Hi, while traveling without an internet connection I workd on a TextEdit file which was probably saved in the background automatically as a temp recovery file...somehow I lost the file, whether through a failed iCloud synch upon returning home or whatever...I think though that I may have backedup my system with Time Machine before losing the file altogether. Could a background recovery version of it be in a folder accessible through Time Machine?
(By a background saved recovery file I mean the temp TextEdit file which in the event of a crash or system restart would allow the file to be recovered.)
Thanks

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