Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Kirk, Anne T. (Anne Tyson), 1825-1884
2. Friends' Book Association of Philadelphia, publisher.

Description

1. vii, [1], 9-72 p. : facsim.; 18 cm

Donor/Sponsor

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

Subject

1. Banneker, Benjamin, 1731-1806
2. Astronomers > Maryland > Biography
3. African American scientists > Maryland > Biography
4. African American mathematicians > Maryland > Biography
5. African American farmers > Maryland > Biography
6. Almanac publishing > Maryland > History

Contents

1. Introduction -- Ancestry -- Difficult circumstances through which Banneker's genius struggled -- His delight in mechanics ; Makes himself a clock -- Ellicott family -- Astronomical studies ; Letter to George Ellicott -- Assisted in survey of the Federal Territory -- Calculates an almanac -- Letter to Thomas Jefferson -- Thomas Jefferson's reply -- Banneker's first almanac published -- Mathematical problems -- Scientific and natural history notes, etc. -- Old age and death.

Call number

1. Sc Rare B-Banneker (Tyson, M. E. Banneker)

Note

1. "Copyright. By Anne T. Kirk. 1884. All rights reserved."--verso of title page.
2. "Afric-American" appears on title page, and throughout the work.
3. Introduction signed: "A. T.K." [i.e. Anne T. Kirk].

Indexed in (note)

1. Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.)

Provenance (note)

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

Author

1. Tyson, Martha Ellicott, 1795-1873, author.

Title

1. Banneker : the Afric-American astronomer : rrom the posthumous papers of Martha E. Tyson / edited by her daughter.

Publisher

1. Philadelphia : Friends' Book Association, 1884.

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Indexed in:

1. Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.), 10524

Provenance

1. Copy in Sc Rare B-Banneker (accession no. B571167) is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN

Local note

1. Copy in B-Banneker imperfect: lacking frontispiece (p. [i]-[ii]) with facsimile of Banneker's signature. NN

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Added author

1. Kirk, Anne T. (Anne Tyson), 1825-1884, editor.
2. Friends' Book Association of Philadelphia, publisher.
3. Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.

LCCN

1. 04013085

Research call number

1. Sc Rare B-Banneker (Tyson, M. E. Banneker)