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The life and adventures of James P. Beckwourth : mountaineer, scout, and pioneer, and chief of the Crow nation of Indians : with illustrations
- Title
- The life and adventures of James P. Beckwourth : mountaineer, scout, and pioneer, and chief of the Crow nation of Indians : with illustrations / written from his own dictation, by T.D. Bonner.
- Author
- Beckwourth, James Pierson, 1798-1866.
- Publication
- New York : Harper & Brothers, publishers, Franklin Square, 1858.
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- Description
- 537, [3] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill., ports.; 20 cm.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
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- Genre/Form
- Bookplates (Provenance)
- Inscriptions (Provenance)
- Note
- "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty0six, by Harper & Brothers, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Southern District of New York."--copyright statement, verso of title page.
- Last page blank.
- Signatures: A-Y¹² Z⁶.
- Provenance (note)
- inscribed: in ink on title page "A.A. Schomburg." ; With the bookplate: The Arthur A. Schomburg Negro Collection, The New York Public Library Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations. This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.
- Call Number
- Sc Rare B-Beckwourth (Beckwourth, J.P. Life and adventures...)
- OCLC
- 6643969
- NYPGR6643969-B
- Author
- Beckwourth, James Pierson, 1798-1866.
- Title
- The life and adventures of James P. Beckwourth : mountaineer, scout, and pioneer, and chief of the Crow nation of Indians : with illustrations / written from his own dictation, by T.D. Bonner.
- Imprint
- New York : Harper & Brothers, publishers, Franklin Square, 1858.
- Provenance
- Copy in Sc Rare B-Beckwourth (accession no. G111840) inscribed: in ink on title page "A.A. Schomburg." ; With the bookplate: The Arthur A. Schomburg Negro Collection, The New York Public Library Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations. This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN
- Local Note
- Copy in Sc Rare B-Beckwourth lacking final leaf (p. [2]-[3] at end) with publisher's advertisements. NN
- Connect to:
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Added Author
- Bonner, T. D. (Thomas D.)Harper & Brothers, publisher.Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner, inscriber.
- Research Call Number
- Sc Rare B-Beckwourth (Beckwourth, J.P. Life and adventures...)