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  • An authentic narrative of the loss of the American brig Commerce : wrecked on the western coast of Africa, in the month of August, 1815 : with an account of the sufferings of her surviving officers and crew, who were enslaved by the wandering Arabs on the great African desart, or Zahahrah : and observations historical, geographical, &c. made during the travels of the author, while a slave to the Arabs, and in the empire of Morocco / by James Riley, late master and supercargo ; preceded by a brief sketch of the author's life ; and concluded by a description of the famous city of Tombuctoo, on the river Niger, and of another large city, far south of it, on the same river, called Wassanah ; narrated to the author at Mogadore, by Sidi Hamet, the Arabian merchant ; with an Arabic and English vocabulary ; illustrated and embellished with ten handsome copperplate engravings.

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    • New-York : Printed and published for the author, by T. & W. Mercein, no. 93 Gold-Street, 1817.
    • 1817
    • 3 Items
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    Text BKW (Riley, J. Authentic narrative of the loss of the American brig commerce)Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

    Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.

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    Text Sc 916.1-R (Riley, J. Sufferings in africa)Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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    Text Sc Rare 916.1-R (Riley, J. Authentic narrative of the loss of the American brig Commerce)Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives

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  • The analytic guide, and authentic key to the art of short hand writing; by which the language of a public speaker may be recorded in a style at once beautiful and legible. Being a compilation from the latest European and American publications, with sundry improvements, adapted to the present state of literature in the United States. ...

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    • Albany [N.Y.]: Printed by Packard & Van Benthuysen. 1823.
    • 1823
    • 1 Item
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    Text KC 6991Off-site

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