Research Catalog

Title

George Thomas Downing : sketch of his life and times / by S.A.M. Washington.

Author

Washington, S. A. M.

Publication

Newport, R.I. : Milne Printery, 1910.

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Additional Authors

Milne Printery, printer.

Description

23, [1] p., [1] leaf of plates : port.; 24 cm.

Donor/Sponsor

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

Alternative Title

Biography of George Thomas Downing

Subject

• Downing, George T. 1819-1903
• African Americans > Biography
• African Americans > Political activity > Washington (D.C.) > Biography
• African American businesspeople > Biography
• Restaurateurs > United States > Biography
• Businessmen > United States > Biography

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Bookplates (Provenance)

Note

• Last page blank.

Provenance (note)

• 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-Downing (Washington, S.A.M. George Thomas Downing)

LCCN

74170170

OCLC

984600

Author

Washington, S. A. M.

Title

George Thomas Downing : sketch of his life and times / by S.A.M. Washington.

Imprint

Newport, R.I. : Milne Printery, 1910.

Provenance

Copy in Sc Rare B-Downing (accession no. B591712) 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

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Local Subject

Black author.

Added Author

Milne Printery, printer.

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

Research Call Number

Sc Rare B-Downing (Washington, S.A.M. George Thomas Downing)