Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
An oration on the abolition of the slave trade; : delivered in the African Church, in the city of New-York, January 1, 1808. : [Two lines of Scripture texts] / By Peter Williams, Jun. a descendant of Africa.
Call Number
EX Lapidus 4.40
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/zg64tm670
Publisher
New-York: : Printed by Samuel Wood. No. 362, Pearl-Street., 1808.
Language
English
Date Created
1808
Extent
26, [2] p. ; 22 cm.
Source Acquisition
Ex copy: Gift: Sidney Lapidus, Princeton Class of 1959, 2010.
References
Shaw & Shoemaker 16741
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Copyright Jan. 11, 1808.
Signatures: [A]⁴ B-C⁴ D².
Two states of gathering [A] noted. In the Princeton copy, as in the American Antiquarian Society copy, the first sheet is imposed so that the letter "To Peter Williams, Jun." from Isaac Fortune, chairman of the committee of arrangements appears on p. [3], the dedication "To the different societies for the abolition of slavery" appears on p. [5], and the "Order of the celebration of the day" appears on p. [7].
"Order of the celebration of the day."--p. [7].
"The introductory address by Henry Sipkins."--p. [9].
"Having understood, that some persons doubt my being the author of this oration ... I have thought proper to authenticate the fact, by subjoining the following certificates."--p. [27-28].
Binding Note
Princeton copy 1 Contemporary marbled wrappers.

Discovery Information

Subject
Slave trade—United States

Physical Characteristics

File Count
36

Institutional Information

Collection
The Sid Lapidus '59 Collection on Liberty and the American Revolution
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/fa725517-a70a-42e0-bd76-28838a8bf0b5/manifest