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An historical account of the incorporated Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in foreign parts : containing their Foundation, Proceedings, and the Success of their Missionaries in the British Colonies, to the Year 1728

Title
An historical account of the incorporated Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in foreign parts : containing their Foundation, Proceedings, and the Success of their Missionaries in the British Colonies, to the Year 1728 / by David Humphreys, D.D. Secretary to the Honourable Society.
Author
Humphreys, David, 1689-1740
Publication
London : Printed by Joseph Downing, in Bartholomew-Close, near West-Smithfield, M. DCC. XXX. [1730]

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TextRestricted use *KC 1730 (Humphreys, D. Historical account of the incorporated Society)Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328
TextUse in library Map Div. 97-6460Schwarzman Building M1A - Map Division Room 117
TextRestricted use Sc Rare 266-H (Humphreys, D. Historical account of the incorporated Society...)Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives
TextRestricted use Stuart 5488Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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Additional Authors
  • Downing, Joseph, -1734
  • Arthur A. Schomburg Negro Collection, Bookplate.
Description
xxxi, [1], 356 pages : maps; 21 cm
Donor/Sponsor
  • Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (2021-2024).
  • Lawrence H. Slaughter Collection ; 3032.
  • National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Early works.
  • Maps.
  • Bookplates (Provenance.
  • Ink stamps (Provenance)
Note
  • Margin notes used.
Indexed In (note)
  • Lowndes (G. Bell, 1890)
  • Watt
  • New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature & History. Boston: G. K. Hall.
Provenance (note)
  • Copy in Sc Rare -266 H: includes NYPL's bookplate of: "Arthur A. Schomburg Negro Collection;" and stamps with the star.
Call Number
Sc Rare 266-H (Humphreys, D. Historical account of the incorporated Society...)
LCCN
24029375
OCLC
10536619
Author
Humphreys, David, 1689-1740, author.
Title
An historical account of the incorporated Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in foreign parts : containing their Foundation, Proceedings, and the Success of their Missionaries in the British Colonies, to the Year 1728 / by David Humphreys, D.D. Secretary to the Honourable Society.
Publisher
London : Printed by Joseph Downing, in Bartholomew-Close, near West-Smithfield, M. DCC. XXX. [1730]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Indexed In:
Lowndes (G. Bell, 1890) v. 2, p. 1141-1142
Watt v. 1, column 529i
New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature & History. Boston: G. K. Hall., v. 4, page 3472, column 1, row 1
Provenance
Copy in Sc Rare -266 H: includes NYPL's bookplate of: "Arthur A. Schomburg Negro Collection;" and stamps with the star. NN
Local Note
The Schomburg Center's Manuscripts, Archives & Rare Book Division's copy in Sc Rare -266 H (accession no. C935906) is also available on microfilm, researchers restricted to the microform copy in Sc Micro R-6510; it is one of the books acquired during the period of Catherine A. Latimer & Arthur A. Schomburg. Imperfect: lacks the maps; bound in brown cloth over boards library binding, and gilt spine.
Copy in Map Div. 97-6460: Lawrence H. Slaughter Collection.
Copy in Map Div. 97-6460: imperfect: 1 map wanting.
Copy in Map div. 97-6460: provenance: Eliz. Brown [autograph]; E. Goodison [autograph]; Nashdown Abbey, Burnham, Bucks. [embossed]
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Place of Publication
Great Britain England London.
Added Author
Downing, Joseph, -1734, printer, publisher.
Arthur A. Schomburg Negro Collection, Bookplate.
Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, Curator.
Other Form:
Online version: Humphreys, David, 1689-1740. Historical account of the incorporated Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. London : Printed by Joseph Downing, 1730 (OCoLC)644728999
Research Call Number
Sc Rare 266-H (Humphreys, D. Historical account of the incorporated Society...)
*KC 1730 (Humphreys, D. Historical account of the incorporated Society)
Stuart 5488
Map Div. 97-6460 [LHS 3032; atlas cases]
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