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Title

Men of mark : eminent, progressive and rising / by Rev. William J. Simmons, D.D., president of the State University, Louisville, Kentucky ; with an introductory sketch of the author by Rev. Henry M. Turner, D.D., LL.D., Bishop A.M.E. Church ; illustrated.

Author

Simmons, William Johnson, 1849-1890.

Publication

Cleveland, Ohio : Geo. M. Rewell & Co., 1887.

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Additional Authors

• Turner, Henry McNeal, 1834-1915.
• Williams, W. W. (Printer)
• Geo. M. Rewell & Co., publisher.

Description

1141, [1] pages, [106] leaves of plates : portraits; 24 cm.

Donor/Sponsor

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

Subjects

• African Americans > Biography
• African American men > Biography
• African American men > Portraits
• Black author

Note

• "Copyright Geo. M. Rewell & Co. 1887."--verso of title page.
• "Press of W.W. Williams, Cleveland, O."--printer statement, verso of title page.
• List of portraits, pages [35]-38.
• Last page blank.

Indexed In (note)

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

Source (note)

• from Arthur A. Schomburg;

Provenance (note)

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

Contents

Hon. Frederick Douglass, LL. D. -- Rev. W.B. Derrick, D.D. -- Philip H. Murry, Esq. -- Crispus Attucks -- Granville T. Woods, Esq. -- Hon. Jeremiah A. Brown -- William Calvin Chase, Esq. -- Rev. James W. Hood, D.D. -- Hon. Samuel R. Lowery -- William Still, Esq. -- Professor J.W. Morris, A.B., A.M., LL.B. -- Hon. Robert Smalls -- Henry Ossawa Tanner -- Rev. Andrew Heath -- H.C. Smith, Esq. -- Rev. John Bunyan Reeve, A.B., D.D. -- Thomas J. Bowers, Esq. -- Rev. Nicholas Franklin Roberts, A.B., A.M. -- Hon. Theophile T. Allain -- Denmark Veazie -- Professor J.E. Jones, A.B., A.M. -- John Wesley Terry, Esq. -- William E. Matthews, LL.B. -- Rev, James Alfred Dunn Podd -- Hon. Henry Wilkins Chandler, A.B., A.M. -- Rev. Theodore Doughty Miller, D.D. -- J.D. Baltimore, Esq. -- J.R. Clifford, Esq. -- Wiley Jones, Esq. -- Professor John H. Burrus, A.B., A.M. -- Henry F. Williams, Esq. -- Rev. Edmund Kelly -- Rev. Preston Taylor -- Solomon G. Brown -- John Mitchell, Jr. -- Rev. London Ferrill -- Professor Richard Theodore Greener, A.B., LL.B., LL.D. -- Captain Paul Cuffee -- Rev. Alexander Walters -- Benjamin Banneker -- Rev. Richard DeBaptiste, D.D. -- Hon. George French Ecton -- Professor Newell Houston Ensley -- Rev. Christopher H. Payne -- Professor Peter Humphries Clark, A.M. -- Justin Holland, Esq. -- Professor William Hooper Council -- Rev. James Poindexter, D.D. -- Richard Mason Hancock, Esq. -- Professor W.S. Scarborough, A.B., A.M., LL.D. -- Rev. Solomon T. Clanton, Jr., A.B., B.D. -- Prof. John O. Crosby, A.M., B.E. -- Hon. Francis L. Cardoza -- Hon. John S. Leary, LL.B. -- E.S. Porter, A.B., M.D. -- Rev. Augustus Tolton -- William Wells Brown, Esq. -- Prof. Walter F. Craig -- Rev. Charles L. Purce, A.B. -- Alexander Dumas -- Rev. William Reuben Pettiford -- Hon. Robert B. Elliott -- Professor Inman Edward Page, A.B., A.M. -- Rev. E.K. Love -- J.A. Arneux, Esq. -- Rev. Richard Allen -- Hon. Samuel Allen McElwee, A.B., LL.B. -- Rev. Lott Carey -- Hon. John Mercer Langston, A.B., A.M., LL.D. -- Rev. William H. McAlpine -- Rev. Alexander Crummell, A.B., D.D. -- Hon. George H. White -- Hon. Josiah T. Settle, A.B., A.M., LL.B. -- William H. Gibson, Esq. -- Hon. George W. Williams, LL.D. -- Prof. William Eve Holmes, A.B., A.M. -- Rev. Randall Bartholomew Vandervall, D.D. -- Rev. Elijah P. Marrs -- Rev. Daniel Jones -- Rev. Henry N. Jeter -- Rev. J.T. White -- Rev. G.W. Gayles -- Hon. Mifflin Wister Gibbs -- William H. Steward, Esq. -- Rev. Frank J. Grimke, A.B. -- Hon. Robert Harlan -- Dr. Anthony William Amo -- Rev. Rufus L. Perry, Ph.D. -- Rev. Bartlett Taylor -- Professor James M. Gregory, A.M., A.M. -- Rev. Daniel Abraham Gaddie, D.D. -- W.Q. Atwood, Esq. -- Rev. Henry Highland Garnett, D.D. -- Rev. Leonard A. Grimes -- Rev. James H. Holmes -- General Morris T. Chester -- Rev. Lemuel Haynes, A.M. -- Hon. H.O. Wagoner -- Rev. Marcus Dale -- Charles B. Purvis, A.M., M.D. -- Professor W.H. Crogman, A.B., A.M. -- Hon. Blanche K. Bruce -- J. Dallas Bowser, Esq. -- Rev. Jesse Freeman Boulder -- Rev. William T. Dixon -- Rev. Matthew Campbell -- Rev. C.C. Vaughn-- Rev. Harvey Johnson -- Ira Aldridge -- Hon. George L. Ruffin, LL.B. -- Professor D. Augustus Straker, LL.B., LL.D. -- Rev. John Hudson Riddick -- Rev. J.C. Price, A.B. -- Hon. Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback -- Alexander Petion -- Timothy Thomas Fortune, Esq. -- Troy Porter, Esq. -- Blind Tom (Thomas Bethune) -- Rev. Henry Adams -- J.C. Farley, Esq. -- Rev. Henry McNeal Turner, D.D., LL.D. -- Rev. Jesse W. Stephenson, M.D. -- Professor Joseph Carter Corbin, A.B., A.M. -- Hon. James M. Trotter -- Rev. Allen Allensworth, A.M. -- Rev. George Washington Dupee -- Samuel C. Watson, M.D. -- Rt. Rev. Richard Harvey Cain, D.D. -- Hon. John H. Smythe, LL.B., LL.D. -- J.J. Durham, A.B., A.M., M.D. -- Rev. Benjamin W. Arnett, D.D. -- Olandah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa -- John W. Cromwell, Esq. -- Rev. E.M. Brawley, D.D. -- James W.C. Pennington, D.D. -- Hon. Edward Wilmot Blyden, LL.D. -- Rev. B.F. Lee, D.D. -- Hon. J.J. Spelman -- Rev. Marshall W. Taylor, D.D. -- Toussaint L'Ouverture -- Hon. Hiram R. Revels -- Rev. Harrison N. Bouey -- Colonel James Lewis -- Rev. E.H. Lipscombe, A.B., A.M. -- Hon. James C. Matthews -- Professor William Howard Day, D.D. -- Rev. Benjamin Tucker Tanner, A.M., D.D. -- Geoffrey L'Islet -- R.C.O. Benjamin, Esq. -- Hon. John J. Irvine -- George T. Downing, Esq. -- Major Martin R. DeLaney, M.D. -- Rev. J.B. Fields -- Robert Pelham, Jr. -- Professor B.T. Washington -- Rev. J.P. Campbell, D.D., LL.D. -- Nat. Turner -- Hon. Hilery Richard Wright Johnson -- Hon. John R. Lynch -- Rev. P.H.A. Braxton -- Professor T. McCants Stewart, A.B., LL.B. -- Hon. E.P. McCabe -- Rev. Charles Henry Parrish, A.B. -- Rev. John Jasper -- James E.J. Capitein -- Rev. D.A. Payne, D.D., LL.D. -- Rev. I.M. Burgan, B.D. -- Rev. W.J. White -- Hon. Alexander Clark -- Hon. John C. Dancy -- Professor Charles L. Reason -- Rev. John M. Brown, D.D., D.C.L. -- Professor David Abner, Jr. -- Rev. A.A. Whitman -- E.M. Bannister, Esq. -- Hon. C.C. Antoine -- James Matthew Townsend, D.D.

Call Number

A (Simmons, W. J. Men of mark)

LCCN

06005585

OCLC

• 6293247
• NYPGR6293247-B

Author

Simmons, William Johnson, 1849-1890.

Title

Men of mark : eminent, progressive and rising / by Rev. William J. Simmons, D.D., president of the State University, Louisville, Kentucky ; with an introductory sketch of the author by Rev. Henry M. Turner, D.D., LL.D., Bishop A.M.E. Church ; illustrated.

Publisher

Cleveland, Ohio : Geo. M. Rewell & Co., 1887.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Indexed In:

Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.), Suppl. 2072

Provenance

Copy in Sc Rare 920-S (Simmons, W. Men of mark. 1887) (accession no. B547570) is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.

Local Note

Copy in Sc Rare 920-S (Simmons, W. Men of mark. 1887) rebound in two volumes.

Source

Purchase; from Arthur A. Schomburg; 1926. Copy in Sc Rare 920-S (Simmons, W. Men of mark. 1887), Schomburg Center, Manuscripts, Archives & Rare Books.

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Local Subject

Black author.

Added Author

Turner, Henry McNeal, 1834-1915.

Geo. M. Rewell & Co., publisher.

Williams, W. W. (Printer), printer.

Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.

Research Call Number

A (Simmons, W. J. Men of mark)

Sc Rare 920-S (Simmons, W. J. Men of mark. 1887)