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Reports from Colony of Sierra Leone

 Collection
Call Number: MS P537

Overview

2 letters from the freed-slave colony of Sierra Leone to its founder, Granville Sharp, and an engraved portrait of a Hottentot evangelist. News from the Secretary of the Council of the newlyre-founded Sierra Leone colony; expressions of gratitude to the original founder.

Dates

  • Creation: April 19, 1792- May 10, 1793

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

No access restriction

Conditions Governing Use

Spencer Library staff may determine use restrictions dependent on the physical condition of manuscript materials.

Extent

3 folders

Language of Materials

English

Physical Location

MS P537

Immediate Source of Acquisition

University Archives (found among the papers left to the Library by Professor Realey), October 1980.

Place

Africa: Sierra Leone: (Freetown)

Title
Guide to the Sierra Leone Collection
Subtitle
Reports from Colony of Sierra Leone
Author
Finding aid prepared by alh, 1980; revised by ksc, 2005 Finding aid encoded by skt, 2006
Date
2006
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Finding aid written in<language encodinganalog="language">English.</language>
Finding aid permalink
http://hdl.handle.net/10407/4812286721
Preferred citation
Sierra Leone Collection, Department of Special Collections, MS P537, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas Libraries

Repository Details

Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository

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