Research Catalog

Title

Banneker : the Afric-American astronomer : rrom the posthumous papers of Martha E. Tyson / edited by her daughter.

Author

Tyson, Martha Ellicott, 1795-1873

Publication

Philadelphia : Friends' Book Association, 1884.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Kirk, Anne T. (Anne Tyson), 1825-1884
• Friends' Book Association of Philadelphia, publisher.

Description

vii, [1], 9-72 p. : facsim.; 18 cm

Donor/Sponsor

Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Subjects

• Banneker, Benjamin, 1731-1806
• Almanac publishing > Maryland > History
• African American scientists > Maryland > Biography
• African American mathematicians > Maryland > Biography
• Astronomers > Maryland > Biography
• African American farmers > Maryland > Biography

Note

• "Copyright. By Anne T. Kirk. 1884. All rights reserved."--verso of title page.
• "Afric-American" appears on title page, and throughout the work.
• Introduction signed: "A. T.K." [i.e. Anne T. Kirk].

Indexed In (note)

• Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.)

Provenance (note)

• is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.

Contents

Introduction -- Ancestry -- Difficult circumstances through which Banneker's genius struggled -- His delight in mechanics ; Makes himself a clock -- Ellicott family -- Astronomical studies ; Letter to George Ellicott -- Assisted in survey of the Federal Territory -- Calculates an almanac -- Letter to Thomas Jefferson -- Thomas Jefferson's reply -- Banneker's first almanac published -- Mathematical problems -- Scientific and natural history notes, etc. -- Old age and death.

Call Number

Sc Rare B-Banneker (Tyson, M. E. Banneker)

LCCN

04013085

OCLC

13128938

Author

Tyson, Martha Ellicott, 1795-1873, author.

Title

Banneker : the Afric-American astronomer : rrom the posthumous papers of Martha E. Tyson / edited by her daughter.

Publisher

Philadelphia : Friends' Book Association, 1884.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Indexed In:

Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.), 10524

Provenance

Copy in Sc Rare B-Banneker (accession no. B571167) is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN

Local Note

Copy in B-Banneker imperfect: lacking frontispiece (p. [i]-[ii]) with facsimile of Banneker's signature. NN

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Added Author

Kirk, Anne T. (Anne Tyson), 1825-1884, editor.

Friends' Book Association of Philadelphia, publisher.

Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.

Research Call Number

Sc Rare B-Banneker (Tyson, M. E. Banneker)