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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
- Type
- books
- 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
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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