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    The Life of Mahomet

    Written by
    Gibbon, Edward, English, 1737 - 1794
    Date
    1805
    Medium
    leather, ink, and paper
    Dimensions
    H x W x D (closed): 5 3/4 × 3 13/16 × 13/16 in. (14.6 × 9.7 × 2.1 cm)
    Description
    A hardcover book with a reddish-brown leather cover. There is no text on the front or back cover. There is faded gold text on the spine, along with several horizontal stripes on the spine. The text reads [LIFE OF/MAHOMET]. The book is very old. The cover has many creases and several areas where the leather has worn away. The pages inside the book have many wrinkles and stains, and some of them have small tears. The title age of the book reads [THE/LIFE/OF/MAHOMET/WITH SKETCHES OF THE REIGNS/OF HIS SUCCESSORS/ABUBEKER, OMAR,/OTHMAN, and ALI.]. There Is a decorative design, followed by more text which reads [FROM THE DECLINE & FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE./BY EDWARD GIBBON, Esq.] There is another design underneath, followed by more text. The text reads [PRINTED AT LEOMINSTER, BY SALMON WILDER, FOR JOHN WHITING, OF LANCASTER, -1805.-]. The book's text ends on page 171.
    Place printed
    Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
    Religious and Sacred Objects
    Type
    books
    Topic
    Religion
    Religious groups
    U.S. History, 1783-1815
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2014.63.62
    Restrictions & Rights
    No Known Copyright Restrictions
    Usage
    CC0
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5ab0757f6-64d2-4dce-90d2-e46e3d86ecb0
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    Letter to the parents of David Hoyt from James F. Legate

    Created by
    Legate, James F., American, 1829 - 1902
    Subject of
    Hoyt, David, American, 1821 - 1856
    Date
    September 11, 1856
    Medium
    ink on paper
    Dimensions
    H x W: 7 7/8 x 5 1/8 in. (20 x 13 cm)
    Caption
    A handwritten letter offering the condolences of abolitionist James F. Legate to the parents of David Starr Hoyt after Hoyt's murder by pro-slavery forces near Lawrence, Kansas, in August 1856.
    Description
    A letter, handwritten in black ink on white paper, offering the condolences of James F. Legate to the parents of David Hoyt on the occasion of Hoyt's death.
    Transcription Center Status
    Transcribed by digital volunteers
    Place depicted
    Douglas County, Kansas, United States, North and Central America
    Place made
    Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Documents and Published Materials
    Slavery and Freedom Objects
    Movement
    Anti-slavery movements
    Type
    letters (correspondence)
    Topic
    American West
    Antislavery
    Correspondence
    Slavery
    U.S. History, 1815-1861
    Violence
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2011.23.2
    Restrictions & Rights
    Public domain
    Usage
    CC0
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd55529fc2b-0c24-46eb-a217-16fdf7138a2a
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