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Handwritten text by Charles J. [Jewell], 27 July 1832

 Item — Box: Montgomery Manuscripts Box 1
Reference code: 19/1/1/54

Scope and Contents

From the File:

Album titled 'Negro’s Album of the Sheffield Anti-Slavery Society, [Sheffield], 1828'. The first third of the album is printed material, and the rest are handwritten contributions in prose and verse by a number of different people, with several illustrations. James Montgomery contributes a number of poems, with notes.

A handwritten note in the front of the album reads: 'N 1. Sheffield Female Anti-Slavery Society[.] It is particularly requested that no book belonging to this Society be transferred from one member to another, without informing the Librarian – that so a correct entry may always be kept when, & to whom each book be lent.', with a coloured lithograph of an enslaved person.

Dates

  • Creation: 27 July 1832

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Available by appointment

Extent

1 Item(s)

Language of Materials

From the Fonds: English

Processing Information

Former Reference Code MS 69, Section 1

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections and Archives Repository

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