Research Catalog

Title

The speech of the right honourable William Pitt, on a motion for the abolition of the slave trade, in the House of Commons, on Monday the second of April, 1792.

Author

Pitt, William, 1759-1806

Publication

• London : [Publisher not identified], [1792]
• London : Printed by James Phillips, George Yard, Lombard Street, M. DCC. XCII. [1792]

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Phillips, James (Bookseller)
• Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons.
• Arthur A. Schomburg Negro Collection, bookplate.

Description

32 pages; 19 cm

Donor/Sponsor

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

Subjects

• Slave trade > Great Britain > Early works to 1800
• Slavery > Great Britain > Early works to 1800

Genre/Form

• Early works.
• Ink stamps (Provenance)
• Bookplates (Provenance)

Indexed In (note)

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

Additional Formats (note)

• Also available on microfilm, Schomburg Center's researchers restricted to the microform copy in Sc Micro R-6203.

Call Number

Sc Rare 326.1-P (Pitt, W. The speech of the Right Honourable William Pitt)

OCLC

11224412

Author

Pitt, William, 1759-1806, author.

Title

The speech of the right honourable William Pitt, on a motion for the abolition of the slave trade, in the House of Commons, on Monday the second of April, 1792.

Publisher

London : [Publisher not identified], [1792]

Manufacturer

London : Printed by James Phillips, George Yard, Lombard Street, M. DCC. XCII. [1792]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Indexed In:

English short title catalogue, T4829

New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature & History. Boston: G. K. Hall., v. 7, page 5939, column 3, row 1

Additional Formats

Also available on microfilm, Schomburg Center's researchers restricted to the microform copy in Sc Micro R-6203.

Local Note

The Schomburg Center Manuscripts, Archives & Rare Book Division possesses two copies of this book. The copy in Sc Rare 326.1-P (accession # D128490) is a September 11, 1942 addition to the Schomburg collection according to G.K. Hall v. 7, page 5939, column 3, row 1, when Catherine A. Latimer and Lawrence Reddick were the collection librarian & Curator. It includes NYPL's bookplate of "Arthur A. Schomburg Negro Collection," NYPL's perforated stamp, as well as the "Schomburg Collection" & "star" symbol ink stamps. The pamphlet has some imperfections, including stains, trimmed closed, part of the text may be lacking, each page is strength with tape and rebound on navy cloth over boards, library binding, with possibly original publisher's illustrated colored paper wrapper, and front cover. Page [3] of the cover pages have November 9, 1945, bounding date stamp.

Copy in Sc Rare E 16-57 (Lapidus Collection) is a gift that is part of the Lapidus Collection added to the Schomburg collection in 2016. Imperfect: disbound & currently housed in an acid-free envelope.

Copy in SEKH (Pitt. Speech on a motion for the abolution of the slave trade) has : Title page and verso [unnumbered] ; pages 31-32 only.

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Place of Publication

Great Britain England London.

Added Author

Phillips, James (Bookseller)

Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons.

Lapidus, Sidney, 1937- donor.

Arthur A. Schomburg Negro Collection, bookplate.

Reddick, Lawrence Dunbar, 1910-1995, Curator.

Other Form:

Online version: Pitt, William, 1759-1806. Speech of the right honourable William Pitt, on a motion for the abolition of the slave trade, in the House of Commons, on Monday the second of April, 1792. London : Printed by James Phillips, 1792 (OCoLC)874728122

Research Call Number

Sc Rare 326.1-P (Pitt, W. The speech of the Right Honourable William Pitt)

*KF 1792 (Pitt, W. Speech of the Right Honourable William Pitt)

SEKH (Pitt. Speech on a motion for the abolution of the slave trade)

Sc Rare E 16-57 (Lapidus Collection)