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Manuscript/Mixed Material Correspondence opening with the interior of Africa

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Title

  • Correspondence opening with the interior of Africa

Summary

  • Unsigned newspaper clipping from unidentified issue of the New York "Evangelist" about Arabic manuscripts procured [by T.D.] from Liberian President Stephen Allen Benson and former Liberian President Joseph J. Roberts which were translated by Isaac Bird. Article also reports that a shipment of books had arrived that had been printed from American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions' press in Beirut, Lebanon on the orders by Syrian missionary Reverend Daniel Bliss to be shipped to Liberia with additional questions in Arabic with an invitation to encourage further correspondence. The desire to open up "correspondence with some of the many millions of Mohammedan Blacks in Africa" after twenty or thirty years of effort [by T.D.] was reported close to achievement.

Names

  • Dwight, Theodore, 1796-1866, associated name
  • Benson, Stephen Allen, 1816-1865, associated name
  • Bird, Isaac, 1793-1876, associated name
  • Bliss, Daniel, 1823-1916, associated name
  • Roberts, Joseph J. (Joseph Jenkins), 1809-1876, associated name
  • American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, associated name
  • Omar ibn Said Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [New York, N.Y.] : [The Evangelist], [1863?]

Headings

  • -  Liberia--Foreign relations--United States
  • -  United States--Foreign relations--Liberia
  • -  Africa--Foreign relations--United States
  • -  United States--Foreign relations--Africa
  • -  Evangelistic work--Africa--History--19th century

Genre

  • Newspaper clippings--1860-1870

Notes

  • -  Caption title.
  • -  LC copy has annotations in ink "Evangelist" at top and "by T.D." [Theodore Dwight] inserted in two places within the text. The clipping is in two parts, pasted together.
  • -  Cataloged from scan he11 2018-10-31

Medium

  • 1 sheet ; 31 x 8 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • E445.N8 O43, no. 12

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2018662623

Online Format

  • 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:

Dwight, Theodore, Associated Name, Stephen Allen Benson, Isaac Bird, Daniel Bliss, Joseph J Roberts, Associated Name American Board Of Commissioners For Foreign Missions, and Omar Ibn Said Collection. Correspondence opening with the interior of Africa. [New York, N.Y.: The Evangelist, ?, 1863] Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2018662623/.

APA citation style:

Dwight, T., Benson, S. A., Bird, I., Bliss, D., Roberts, J. J., American Board Of Commissioners For Foreign Missions, A. N. & Omar Ibn Said Collection. (1863) Correspondence opening with the interior of Africa. [New York, N.Y.: The Evangelist, ?] [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2018662623/.

MLA citation style:

Dwight, Theodore, Associated Name, et al. Correspondence opening with the interior of Africa. [New York, N.Y.: The Evangelist, ?, 1863] Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2018662623/>.