Research Catalog

Title

Sketches of the history, character, and dying testimony of beneficiaries of the Colored Home, in the city of New-York / prepared by Mary W. Thompson, and published for the benefit of the institution.

Author

Thompson, Mary W.

Publication

New-York : John F. Trow, printer, 49, 51 & 53 Ann-St., 1851.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Trow, John Fowler, 1810-1886
• Sarony, Napoleon, 1821-1896

Description

[7], 4-78 p., [2] leaves of plates : ill.; 19 cm.

Donor/Sponsor

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

Alternative Title

Broken gloom

Subjects

• African Americans > Services for > New York (State) > New York
• Colored Home (New York, N.Y.)
• Almshouses > New York (State) > New York
• Old age homes > New York (State) > New York
• Pastoral care > New York (State) > New York
• African Americans > New York (State) > New York

Note

• "The Institution not only provides ... a peaceful home for the respectable, worn-out colored servants of both sexes of our city ... but furnishes them in their last moments the consolation of religion."--Preface.
• Plates signed: M.W. Thompson, del.; Lith. of Sarony, N.Y.

Provenance (note)

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

Contents

Preface -- Introductory remarks -- Biographical sketches: Hercules Schureman ; Jonathan Skinner ; Tommy Warner ; Blind Sopha ; Amy Jordan ; Judy Richards ; Abigail Dobson ; Edward ; Phillis Douglas ; Betsey Johnson ; Phebe Spalding ; Old Sarah Henry ; Eliza Didymus ; Poor Johnny ; Catherine Queen ; Katy Schenck ; Margaret Simpson ; Diana -- Minutes of Chaplain: Serena Johnson ; Diana Rayner ; Sarah Robinson ; Blind Diana -- Incidents -- Sketches from Mrs. R's report: Peter Bensé -- Concluding remarks -- Condensed statement of the Colored Home -- Managers' names, &c.

Call Number

Sc Rare 362-T (Thompson, M. W. Sketches of the history...of the Colored home)

LCCN

12005912

OCLC

• 779257
• NYPGR779257-B

Author

Thompson, Mary W.

Title

Sketches of the history, character, and dying testimony of beneficiaries of the Colored Home, in the city of New-York / prepared by Mary W. Thompson, and published for the benefit of the institution.

Imprint

New-York : John F. Trow, printer, 49, 51 & 53 Ann-St., 1851.

Provenance

Copy in Sc Rare 362-T (accession no. B594296) is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN

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Added Author

Trow, John Fowler, 1810-1886, printer.

Thompson, Mary W., artist.

Sarony, Napoleon, 1821-1896, lithographer.

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

Research Call Number

Sc Rare 362-T (Thompson, M. W. Sketches of the history...of the Colored home)

Stuart 8383