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A charge delivered to the African lodge, June 24, 1797, at Menotomy, Mass.

Title: A charge delivered to the African lodge, June 24, 1797, at Menotomy, Mass. / by the Right Worshipful Prince Hall, published by the desire of the members of said lodge 1797.
Author: Hall, Prince, 1748-1807.
Publication: [New York] : s.n., [between 1918 and 1926]

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Description

[8] p. : port.; 19 cm.

Donor/Sponsor

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

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Note

Cover title.
With a portrait of Prince Hall on the verso of the upper wrapper.
A reprint of the 1797 edition, cf. Evans 32218.
"Obtained through the courtesy of Bro. Augustus C. Fleet from H.E. Pickersgill and printed by Arthur A. Schomburg, Grand Secretary."--verso of lower wrapper.
Arthur A. Schomburg was elected Grand Secretary of the Prince Hall Grand Lodge of the State of New York in 1918; he held the position until 1926. cf. Sinnette, Elinor. Arthur Alfonso Schomburg, black bibliophile & collector, p. 26.

Provenance (note)

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

Call Number

Sc Rare 366.10-H (Hall, P. Charge delivered to the African Lodge)

OCLC

138449147

Author

Hall, Prince, 1748-1807.

Title

A charge delivered to the African lodge, June 24, 1797, at Menotomy, Mass. / by the Right Worshipful Prince Hall, published by the desire of the members of said lodge 1797.

Imprint

[New York] : s.n., [between 1918 and 1926]

Provenance

Copy in Sc Rare 366.10-H (accession no. B884400) is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN

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Local Subject

Black author.

Added Author

Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938.

Fleet, Augustus C.

Pickersgill, Harold E., 1872-

Freemasons. Boston. African Lodge, no. 459.

Freemasons. Prince Hall Grand Lodge of the State of Massachusetts.

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

Research Call Number

Sc Rare 366.10-H (Hall, P. Charge delivered to the African Lodge)

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