Research Catalog

Title

A letter to the members of Parliament who have presented petitions to the honourable House of Commons for the abolition of the slave trade / By a West-India merchant.

Author

Innes, William, 1719-1795

Publication

• London : [Publisher not identified], 1792.
• London : Sold by J. Sewell, Cornhill ; J. Murray, Fleet-Street ; and J. Debrett, Piccadilly, 1792.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Sewell, John, 1733 or 1734-1802
• Murray, John, 1737-1793
• Debrett, John, -1822
• Arthur A. Schomburg Negro Collection, bookplate.

Description

1 preliminary leaf, 84 pages; 21 cm

Donor/Sponsor

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

Alternative Title

Letter on the subject of the slave trade

Subjects

• Slavery > West Indies, British > Controversial literature > 1792
• Sugar trade > Great Britain
• Slave-trade > Great Britain

Genre/Form

• Controversial literature.
• Bookplates (Provenance)
• History.
• Early works.

Note

• Attributed to William Innes.--NUC pre-1956.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Indexed In (note)

• New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature & History. Boston: G. K. Hall.
• Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time;
• English Short Title Catalog

Additional Formats (note)

• Also available on microfiche, Schomburg Center's researchers restricted to the microform copy in Sc Micro R-980.

Call Number

Sc Rare 326.1-I (Innes, W. Letter to the members of Parliament)

OCLC

26267868

Author

Innes, William, 1719-1795, author.

Title

A letter to the members of Parliament who have presented petitions to the honourable House of Commons for the abolition of the slave trade / By a West-India merchant.

Publisher

London : [Publisher not identified], 1792.

Distributor

London : Sold by J. Sewell, Cornhill ; J. Murray, Fleet-Street ; and J. Debrett, Piccadilly, 1792.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Additional Formats

Also available on microfiche, Schomburg Center's researchers restricted to the microform copy in Sc Micro R-980.

Indexed In:

New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature & History. Boston: G. K. Hall., v. 4, page 3557, column 1, row 3

Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time; 34788

Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time; 82004

English Short Title Catalog, ESTCT105992

Local Note

The Schomburg Center's Manuscripts, Archives & Rare Book Division's copy is probably one of the books added to the collection when Catherine A. Latimer was the collection librarian; and Lawrence Reddick was the Curator. It includes an NYPL bookplate of Arthur A. Schomburg Negro Collection and some early marking indication. Bound in light blue cloth over boards, library binding, and gilt spine.

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Place of Publication

Great Britain England London.

Added Author

Sewell, John, 1733 or 1734-1802, booksellers.

Murray, John, 1737-1793, booksellers.

Debrett, John, -1822, booksellers.

Arthur A. Schomburg Negro Collection, bookplate.

Reddick, Lawrence Dunbar, 1910-1995, Curator.

Research Call Number

Sc Rare 326.1-I (Innes, W. Letter to the members of Parliament)

*KF 1792 (Innes, W. Letter to the members of Parliament)