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The importance of effectually supporting the Royal African Company of England impartially considered; shewing, that a free and open trade to Africa, and the support and preservation of the British colonies and plantations in America, depend upon maintaining the forts and settlements, rights and privileges belonging to that corporation, against the encroachments of the French, and all other foreign rivals in that trade.

Title
The importance of effectually supporting the Royal African Company of England impartially considered; shewing, that a free and open trade to Africa, and the support and preservation of the British colonies and plantations in America, depend upon maintaining the forts and settlements, rights and privileges belonging to that corporation, against the encroachments of the French, and all other foreign rivals in that trade.
Author
Hays, deputy governor of the African Company.
Publication
London, Printed by E. Say, 1745.

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TextRestricted use TLN+ p.v. 14Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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Description
[2] ℓ., 47 p. 2 fold. maps.; 27 cm.
Alternative Title
Importance of the African Companys forts and settlements considered, &c.
Subject
  • Royal African Company
  • Great Britain > Commerce > Africa
  • Africa > Commerce > Great Britain
Note
  • Attributed to Hays, deputy governor of the African company. cf. Brit. mus. Catalogue.
Indexed In (note)
  • Sabin
Source (note)
  • of Sidney Lapidus;
Provenance (note)
  • Copy in Sc Rare E 16-43 (Lapidus Collection) inscribed: in ink, on upper free end leaf, "Holwell 123" ; bookplate, on upper pastedown, of a leaf script "G" under an earl's coronet -- 4 strawberry leaves and 5 balls (or pearls) visible.
Binding (note)
  • Copy in Sc Rare E 16-43 (Lapidus Collection) rebacked in brown leather boards.
Call Number
TLN+ p.v. 14
LCCN
17009201
OCLC
7091942
Author
Hays, deputy governor of the African Company.
Title
The importance of effectually supporting the Royal African Company of England impartially considered; shewing, that a free and open trade to Africa, and the support and preservation of the British colonies and plantations in America, depend upon maintaining the forts and settlements, rights and privileges belonging to that corporation, against the encroachments of the French, and all other foreign rivals in that trade.
Imprint
London, Printed by E. Say, 1745.
Edition
The 2d ed. With a new and more correct map than any hitherto published, shewing the situation of the several European forts and settlements in that country. In a letter to a member of the House of Commons.
Indexed In:
Sabin 34393.
Provenance
Copy in Sc Rare E 16-43 (Lapidus Collection) inscribed: in ink, on upper free end leaf, "Holwell 123" ; bookplate, on upper pastedown, of a leaf script "G" under an earl's coronet -- 4 strawberry leaves and 5 balls (or pearls) visible. NN
Binding
Copy in Sc Rare E 16-43 (Lapidus Collection) rebacked in brown leather boards. NN
Source
Gift; of Sidney Lapidus; 2016. Copy in Schomburg Center, Manuscripts, Archives & Rare Books
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Added Author
Lapidus, Sidney, 1937- donor.
Research Call Number
TLN+ p.v. 14
Sc Rare E 16-43 (Lapidus Collection)
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