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Additional authors

1. Peck, Nathaniel
2. Bacon, Samuel, 1781-1820.
3. Bankson, John P., -1820.
4. Crozer, Samuel S.
5. Thomas, Philip E. (Philip Evan), 1776-1861.
6. Hewes, John, -1830.
7. Coale, Edward Johnson, 1776-1832
8. Maryland Auxiliary Colonization Society

Description

1. 52 p.; 24 cm.

Donor/Sponsor

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

Subject

1. Coker, Daniel, 1780-1846
2. Elizabeth (Ship)
3. American Colonization Society
4. African Americans > Colonization > Africa
5. African Americans > Colonization > Liberia
6. African Americans > Maryland
7. Free African Americans > Maryland
8. Sierra Leone

Call number

1. Sc Rare 326.8C-C (Coker, D. Journal of Daniel Coker)

Note

1. "Introduction"--p. [iii]-viii, explaining "the object of the voyage," signed by Philip E. Thomas, E.J. Coale, and John Hewes.
2. "Appendix to the Rev. D. Coker's Journal."--p. [41]-52, contains: "Letter from Nathaniel Peck to his mother in Baltimore"--p. 45-46.
3. Copyright June 16,1820, by Edward J. Coale.

Indexed in (note)

1. Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.)
2. Shoemaker, R.H. Checklist of American imprints for 1820-1829

Provenance (note)

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

Author

1. Coker, Daniel, 1780-1846.

Title

1. Journal of Daniel Coker : a descendant of Africa, from the time of leaving New York, in the ship Elizabeth, Capt. Sebor, on a voyage for Sherbro, in Africa, in company with three agents, and about ninety persons of colour : the Rev. Samuel Bacon, John B. [i.e. John P.] Bankson, Samuel S. Crozer, agents : with an appendix.

Imprint

1. Baltimore : Published by Edward J. Coale, in aid of the funds of the Maryland Auxiliary Colonization Society, 1820 (John D. Toy, printer)

Indexed in:

1. Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.), 2507
2. Shoemaker, R.H. Checklist of American imprints for 1820-1829, 807

Provenance

1. Copy in Sc Rare 326.8C-C (accession no. B526623) is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN

Local note

1. Researchers are restricted to the microform copy in: Sc Micro R-6240.

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1. Request Access to Special Collections Material

Local subject

1. Black author.

Added author

1. Peck, Nathaniel. Letter from Nathaniel Peck to his mother in Baltimore.
2. Bacon, Samuel, 1781-1820.
3. Bankson, John P., -1820.
4. Crozer, Samuel S.
5. Thomas, Philip E. (Philip Evan), 1776-1861.
6. Hewes, John, -1830.
7. Coale, Edward Johnson, 1776-1832, publisher.
8. Maryland Auxiliary Colonization Society.
9. Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.

Research call number

1. Sc Rare 326.8C-C (Coker, D. Journal of Daniel Coker)