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Copy of a letter from Benjamin Banneker to the secretary of state, with his answer [electronic resource].
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Banneker, Benjamin, 1731-1806.
- Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826., Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Slavery--United States--Controversial literature.
- Slavery.
- Blacks as authors--Banneker.
- Banneker, Benjamin, 1731-1806.
- Banneker, Benjamin.
- Local Subjects:
- Blacks as authors--Banneker.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (15, [1] p. )
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : Printed and sold by Daniel Lawrence, no. 33. North Fourth-Street, near Race, M.DCC.XCII. [1792]
- Notes:
- Addressed to Thomas Jefferson, transmitting a copy of the writer's almanac and discussing the subject of slavery. Jefferson's reply, p. 11-12, is dated Aug. 30, 1791. An account of Banneker's life appears on p. 13-15.
- Evans' entry for an edition printed by Joseph Crukshank for Daniel Lawrence (Evans 24074) is apparently a ghost of the present edition.
- Reproduction of original from Library of Congress.
- Cited in:
- Evans, 24073
- Evans, 24074
- Sabin, 3211
- English Short Title Catalog, W37606.
- OCLC:
- 511264193
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