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Manuscript/Mixed Material Isaac Bird letter, Hartford, Connecticut, to Theodore Dwight, Brooklyn, New York First line of letter: I received in due time, through our friends the Miss Perkinses, your Arabic Manuscripts

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Title

  • Isaac Bird letter, Hartford, Connecticut, to Theodore Dwight, Brooklyn, New York

Other Title

  • First line of letter: I received in due time, through our friends the Miss Perkinses, your Arabic Manuscripts

Summary

  • Autograph letter, signed, from Reverend Isaac Bird to Theodore Dwight acknowledging receipt of Arabic manuscripts with brief commentary about the translations of them and comparisons of them with other Arabic orthography.

Names

  • Bird, Isaac, 1793-1876, correspondent
  • Dwight, Theodore, 1796-1866, recipient, addressee
  • Rothman, Adam, 1971- transcriber
  • Omar ibn Said Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • Hartford, Connecticut : 1862 April 1.

Headings

  • -  Dwight, Theodore,--1796-1866--Correspondence
  • -  Bird, Isaac,--1793-1876--Correspondence
  • -  Manuscripts--Washington (D.C.)
  • -  Connecticut--Hartford

Notes

  • -  Title devised by Library staff.
  • -  Transcription provided by Dr. Adam Rothman available online.

Medium

  • 1 sheet ; 18 x 11 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • E445.N8 O43, no. 4

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2018662603

Online Format

  • online text
  • image

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Rights & Access

The contents of the Library of Congress Omar Ibn Said Collection are in the public domain and are free to use and reuse.

Credit Line: Library of Congress, African and Middle East Division, Omar Ibn Said Collection.

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Chicago citation style:

Bird, Isaac, Correspondent, Theodore Dwight, Adam Rothman, and Omar Ibn Said Collection. Isaac Bird letter, Hartford, Connecticut, to Theodore Dwight, Brooklyn, New York. Hartford, Connecticut: April 1, 1862. Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2018662603/.

APA citation style:

Bird, I., Dwight, T., Rothman, A. & Omar Ibn Said Collection. (1862) Isaac Bird letter, Hartford, Connecticut, to Theodore Dwight, Brooklyn, New York. Hartford, Connecticut: April 1. [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2018662603/.

MLA citation style:

Bird, Isaac, Correspondent, et al. Isaac Bird letter, Hartford, Connecticut, to Theodore Dwight, Brooklyn, New York. Hartford, Connecticut: April 1, 1862. Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2018662603/>.