Research Catalog

Title

Annals of the poor : consisting of The Dairyman's daughter, the African servant, and the Young cottager / by Rev. Legh Richmond ... With a brief memoir of the author and an introductory letter, by Rev. Joel Hawes.

Author

Richmond, Legh, 1772-1827

Publication

• Springfield, Mass. : Published by G. & C. Merriam, corner of Main and State Streets, 1852.
• New York : Thomas B. Smith, 216 William St, [1852]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Hawes, Joel, 1789-1867
• Ayre, John, 1801-1869
• Roberts, William, approximately 1829-
• Smith, Thomas B., 1799-1857
• G. & C. Merriam Company, publisher.
• Department of Negro literature and History (Harlem, New York, N.Y.), stamp.
• Arthur A. Schomburg Negro Collection, Bookplate.

Description

140 pages : 3 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations; 16 cm

Donor/Sponsor

Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (2021-2024).

Subject

• Christian life > Fiction
• Christian life

Genre/Form

• Fiction.
• Wood engravings.

Note

• Each story has a title page and accompanying frontispiece.
• Wood engravings are signed W. Roberts or Roberts.
• Brief sketch of the life of Rev. Legh Richmond written by Rev. John Ayre follows the introductory letter.

Indexed In (note)

• New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature & History. Boston: G. K. Hall.

Provenance (note)

• With bookplate of Arthur A. Schomburg Negro Collection.

Call Number

Sc Rare 248-R (Richmond, L. Annals of the poor:consisting of. 1852)

OCLC

937448

Author

Richmond, Legh, 1772-1827, author.

Title

Annals of the poor : consisting of The Dairyman's daughter, the African servant, and the Young cottager / by Rev. Legh Richmond ... With a brief memoir of the author and an introductory letter, by Rev. Joel Hawes.

Publisher

Springfield, Mass. : Published by G. & C. Merriam, corner of Main and State Streets, 1852.

Manufacturer

New York : Thomas B. Smith, 216 William St, [1852]

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Indexed In:

New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature & History. Boston: G. K. Hall., v. 7, page 6480, column 3, row 4

Provenance

With bookplate of Arthur A. Schomburg Negro Collection. NN

Local Note

The Schomburg Center Manuscripts, Archives & Rare Book Division's copy include stamped of: "Division of Negro Literature and History;" Property of the City of New York;" and "The New York Public Library: Circulation Department, 135 Street Branch, 103 West 135th St." which indicate, this item may be a pre-1926 purchase; lacks original covers and is bound in library binding, brown cloth over boards, and gilt spine. One of the items from the Circulation Department that were added to the collection, during Catherine A. Latimer, as curator and librarian years.

Source

B573255 NN

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Local Subject

Bookplates (Provenance).

Place of Publication

United States Massachusetts Springfield.

Added Author

Hawes, Joel, 1789-1867, author.

Ayre, John, 1801-1869, author.

Roberts, William, approximately 1829- engraver.

Smith, Thomas B., 1799-1857, printer.

G. & C. Merriam Company, publisher.

Department of Negro literature and History (Harlem, New York, N.Y.), stamp.

Arthur A. Schomburg Negro Collection, Bookplate.

Latimer, Catherine, 1896-1948, Curator.

Research Call Number

Sc Rare 248-R (Richmond, L. Annals of the poor:consisting of. 1852)