Research Catalog

Title

Account of a shooting excursion on the mountains near Dromilly estate : in the parish of Trelawny, and island of Jamaica, in the month of October, 1824!!!.

Author

Forges, A. de (Auguste), 1805-1881

Publication

• London : [Publisher not identified], 1825.
• London : Printed by Harvey and Darton, 1825.

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Details

Additional Authors

Arthur A. Schomburg Negro Collection, bookplate.

Description

15 pages : including plan; 23 cm

Summary

Describes hunts organized to pursue runaway slaves.

Donor/Sponsor

Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (2021-2024).

Alternative Title

Concise Account of the Views of Constantinople.

Subjects

• Enslaved persons
• Antislavery movements > Great Britain
• Fugitive slaves > Jamaica
• Jamaica
• West Indies > West Indies (Federation)
• Bookplates (Provenance)
• Inscriptions (Provenance)
• History
• 1800-1899
• Great Britain
• Slavery
• Antislavery movements > Great Britain > History > 19th century
• Enslaved persons > Jamaica > History > 19th century
• Fugitive slaves > Jamaica > History > 19th century
• Jamaica > History > 19th century

Genre/Form

• History.
• Inscriptions (Provenance)
• Bookplates (Provenance)

Note

• Signed: Alfred.
• In pursuit of runaway slaves.

Indexed In (note)

• New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature & History. Boston: G. K. Hall.

Additional Formats (note)

• Partially digitized in the NYPL Digital Collections.

Provenance (note)

• Title page inscribed: "Presented to the institution by J.F. Buxton, esq,. m.p."

Binding (note)

• Bound with: A Concise Account of the Views of Constantinople; with a Map; and an Illustration of the Descriptive-Sheets Which Are Given to Each Person Who Goes to See Those Paintings at the Panorama Leicester-Square. 18AD. London: Published at the Panorama; and at Messrs. Richardsons Royal Exchange. J. Adlard printer Duke-street Smithfield. 16 pages : map ; 21 cm.

Call Number

Sc Rare 326.972-A (Alfred. Account of a shooting excursion)

LCCN

11021753

OCLC

12003173

Author

Forges, A. de (Auguste), 1805-1881, pseud., author.

Title

Account of a shooting excursion on the mountains near Dromilly estate : in the parish of Trelawny, and island of Jamaica, in the month of October, 1824!!!.

Publisher

London : [Publisher not identified], 1825.

Manufacturer

London : Printed by Harvey and Darton, 1825.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Indexed In:

New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature & History. Boston: G. K. Hall., v. 1, page 416, column 2, row 6

Additional Formats

Partially digitized in the NYPL Digital Collections.

Provenance

Title page inscribed: "Presented to the institution by J.F. Buxton, esq,. m.p."

Binding

Bound with: A Concise Account of the Views of Constantinople; with a Map; and an Illustration of the Descriptive-Sheets Which Are Given to Each Person Who Goes to See Those Paintings at the Panorama Leicester-Square. 18AD. London: Published at the Panorama; and at Messrs. Richardsons Royal Exchange. J. Adlard printer Duke-street Smithfield. 16 pages : map ; 21 cm.

Local Note

The copy in the Manuscripts, Archives & Rare Book Division of the Schomburg Center is a pre-1926 gift that was part of the 135 Street Branch, Circulation Department; It includes ink stamps of: Division of Negro Literature and History; Property of the City of New York; and The New York Public Library: Circulation Department, 135 Street Branch, 103 West 135th St. Its a duplicate from the main 42nd Street library transferred to the Schomburg collection when Catherine A. Latimer was the Collection Librarian. It also includes processing ink stamps from the main library such as: "Duplicate," accession #376380A, and "The New York Public Library: Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundation." It also contains an NYPL bookplate of the "Arthur A. Schomburg Negro Collection," early processing markings of the original Schomburg Collection, and NYPL perforated stamps. Library bound in red cloth over boards and a gilt spine.

Source

Gift; Pre-1926; G30602. NN

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Chronological Term

1800-1899

Place of Publication

Great Britain England London.

Added Author

Arthur A. Schomburg Negro Collection, bookplate.

Latimer, Catherine, 1896-1948 curator.

Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, Curator.

Added Title

Concise Account of the Views of Constantinople.

Other Form:

Online version: Alfred. Account of a shooting excursion on the mountains near Dromilly estate, in the parish of Trelawny, and island of Jamaica, in the month of October 1824. London : Printed by Harvey and Darton, 1825 (OCoLC)592897855

Publisher No.

2372 Microfilm reel

Research Call Number

Sc Rare 326.972-A (Alfred. Account of a shooting excursion)