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2.
- Creator:
- Picart, Charles, approximately 1780-approximately 1837, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 March 1809]
- Call Number:
- Folio 53 Sh52 M78
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait of Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood, nearly half-length, standing slightly to left against background of cloudy sky, looking to left; wearing wig, naval uniform, neckerchief and frill."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Artist tentatively identified as Lemuel Francis Abbott in the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: A,2.4., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: The British Gallery of contemporary portraits. London : Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies ... by J. M'Creery ..., 1813-1822., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 466 (leaf numbered '72' in pencil) in volume 3 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
- Publisher:
- Published March 1, 1809, by T. Cadell & W. Davies, Strand, London
- Subject (Geographic):
- United States and United States.
- Subject (Name):
- Hood, Samuel Hood, Viscount, 1724-1816,, Great Britain. Royal Navy, Hood, Samuel Hood, Viscount, 1724-1816., and Great Britain. Royal Navy.
- Subject (Topic):
- Officers, History, and Armed Forces
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Admiral Lord Viscount Hood from an original picture by F. Abbot, in the possession of John McArthur, Esq. / [graphic]
3.
- Published / Created:
- [20 August 1807]
- Call Number:
- 807.08.20.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- On the left, standing in front of a thatched hut. "Africa" wears a plumed headdress and animal pelt and holds a spear in his left hand; in his right hand he holds a document inscribed "Slave Trade abolish'd 1806." On the right, "America" is Lady Liberty, wearing plumed headdress and cloak; she holds a standard with the Stars and Stripes, and gestures at a pedestal with portraits of George Washington and Benjamin Franklin. A snake curls around the pedestal. Between the two figures is a landscape with hills on either side of a river, and waterfall; a crocodile emerges from behind the figure of Africa
- Alternative Title:
- America
- Description:
- Title from item., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Description based on an imperfect impression; imprint statement mostly erased from sheet.
- Publisher:
- Published Augt. 20, 1807 [by W.B. Walker ...?]
- Subject (Geographic):
- United States.
- Subject (Name):
- Washington, George, 1732-1799, and Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790,
- Subject (Topic):
- Indigenous peoples, Huts, Headdresses, Hides & skins, Spears, Slavery, Flags, Portraits, Waterfalls, Snakes, and Crocodiles
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Africa. America [graphic].
4.
- Creator:
- Said, Omar ibn, 1770?-1863
- Published / Created:
- circa 1819.
- Call Number:
- JWJ MSS 185
- Image Count:
- 11
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- Autograph letter, in Arabic Maghrabi script, conveying a greeting to Major John Owen in Raleigh, and consisting chiefly of quotations from the Qur'an and from treatises on Arabic grammar. Quotations from the Qur'an include: Sūrat al-Najm (21-23); Sūrat al-Masad (1-2); Sūrat al-Baqarah (285-286); Sūrat Fuṣṣilat (46); Sūrat 'Abasa (34-37); Sūrat al-Infiṭār (19); Sūrat al-Nabaʼ (40); Sūrat al-Mulk (1-13). Quotations from grammatical treatises include verses from Mulḥat al-iʻrāb (Ḥarīrī) and Alfīyat Ibn Mālik (Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd Allāh). In the center of the first page, a geometric drawing encloses the Arabic text "Shaykh General Jim Owen," along with two unidentified words. In addition to the text relating to John and James Owen and the quotations, Said expresses a wish to see a place [Kaba?] in Africa and With cover letter, in English, from John Louis Taylor, Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court, dated Raleigh, North Carolina, 1819 October 10, to Francis Scott Key, George Town [Washington, DC]. Taylor describes Said's history and relationship with his owner James Owen, and requests Key's assistance in obtaining a translation of the enclosed manuscript. He also asks for Key's advice in obtaining an Arabic Bible for Said, and discusses his hope that Said could be persuaded to return to Africa with "the Colonization Society," likely the American Colonization Society, of which both Taylor and Key were members
- Description:
- Omar ibn Said, also known as Moro or Moreau, was a West African Muslim born and educated in the Futa Toro region on the Senegal River. He was sold into slavery in approximately 1807 and transported to the United States. From approximately 1810 until the end of his life, Said was owned by politician James Owen of Bladen County, North Carolina, brother of North Carolina Governor John Owen., In Arabic., Notes on Taylor letter: "Letter from Judge Taylor - enclosing an Arabic Amulet" ; "Judge Taylor's letter and mss to be sent to Dr Stuart, Andover" ; "To the Library of the Theol. Seminary from M. Stuart, 22 April 1837." Moses Stuart was Professor of Biblical Studies at Andover Theological Seminary from 1810 to 1848., Accompanied by a copy of The Missionary Herald (Boston: American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, April 1869) which includes an article, in English, "Arabic-Speaking Negro Mohammedans in Africa," by George E. Post, that discusses Said's manuscript, Taylor's letter, and subsequent events and writings by Said., and Title devised by cataloger.
- Subject (Geographic):
- North Carolina., Africa., North Carolina, Cape Fear River Region., United States., Cape Fear River Region (N.C.), and United States
- Subject (Name):
- Key, Francis Scott, 1779-1843., Owen, James, 1784-1865., Owen, John, 1787-1841., Said, Omar ibn, 1770?-1863., Taylor, John Louis, 1769-1829., and American Colonization Society.
- Subject (Topic):
- African American Muslims, African Americans, Colonization, Arabic language, Grammar, Slavery, Enslaved persons, Enslaved persons' writings, American, and Race relations
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Omar ibn Said letter : manuscript
5.
- Creator:
- Wied, Maximilian, Prinz von, 1782-1867, author
- Published / Created:
- 1839-1841.
- Call Number:
- ZZc20 839wi 1
- Image Count:
- 55
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- The work documents the travels of Maximilian Prinz zu Wied and Karl Bodmer, primarily in the Missouri River Valley, 1832-1834, with descriptions and depictions of the Indigenous people of the region, including the Mandan, Hidatsa, Assiniboine, Dakota, and Cree
- Alternative Title:
- Title of volume 3, on printed wrappers
- Description:
- BEIN ZZc20 839wi copy 1: Plates are colored., BEIN ZZc20 839wi copy 2: Plates are uncolored. Bookplate: From the library of Dr. Otto L. Schmidt, 1863-1935, Chicago. Acquired with: Wied, Maximilian. ALS to [Samuel G. Morton]. Neuwied : 1841 Feb. 20. 2 L., and a transcript in an unidentified hand, 2 L. (WA MSS S-2144;W634)., BEIN 2003 Folio 86: Unbound sheets; plates are uncolored. With 8 original printed wrappers for text, for Hefts 3-4, 5, 6-7, 12-13, 14, 15-17, 18, 19-20; Heft numbers written on wrappers in ms. All plates (both Kupfern and Vignetten) unbound in 10 original printed wrappers for Hefts 1-2, 3-4, 5, 6-7, 8-11, 12-13, 14, 15-17, 18, 19-20; Heft numbers written on wrappers in ms.; number of plates in each wrapper also written in ms.; printed title on wrappers is: Kupfer zu Prinz Maximilians von Wied Reise durch Nord-Amerika. Bookplate of Paul Mellon., Includes 81 plates, largely in aquatint, after drawings by Karl Bodmer, each bearing his blind stamp. Vignettes I-XXXIII are bound in with the text; tableaux 1-48 are bound in the third (atlas) volume, along with the folding map., "Verzeichniss der resp. Herren Subscribenten"--Volume 2, pages [v]-xvi., "Sprachproben verschiedener Völkerstämme des nord-westlichen Americas"--Volume 2, pages [455]-653., Includes bibliographical references., and BAC Folio B 2023 4: Plates are hand-colored. Includes the plan of Fort Clark, the table of temperatures at the fort, the folding map showing the route of the expedition, and the key plate to tab. 21 (all often lacking). From the library of Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover, with his ink stamp. Bound in contemporary black quarter calf and black cloth, with the original printed wrappers of volume 3 (the atlas volume) bound in.
- Publisher:
- Bei J. Hoelscher and Gedruckt bei Dubois und Werle
- Subject (Geographic):
- United States, Missouri River Valey, Great Plains., Missouri River Valley., and United States.
- Subject (Topic):
- Description and travel, Mandan Indians, Hidatsa Indians, Assiniboine Indians, Dakota Indians, Cree Indians, Indians of North America, Languages, and Natural history
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Reise in das innere Nord-America in den Jahren 1832 bis 1834
6.
- Creator:
- Evans, George, 1870-1915
- Published / Created:
- c1913.
- Call Number:
- JWJ -V4 Ev15 M78
- Image Count:
- 8
- Alternative Title:
- Moony, moony man
- Description:
- For high or medium voice and piano., Caption title: The moony, moony man., First line: Way up in the moon, there lives a great big yaller coon; first line of chorus: De moony moony man., Title p. illustration of a photo of a minstrel chorus with inset photo of George Evans signed: White., and Page [2] (1st count) and p. [1-2] at end blank; publisher's advertisement on p. [3] at end.
- Publisher:
- Chas. K. Harris
- Subject (Geographic):
- United States.
- Subject (Topic):
- Songs (High voice) with piano, Songs (Medium voice) with piano, Minstrel music, and African Americans
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The mooney moony man : as sung by John King
