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Additional authors

1. Colburn, Henry, -1855
2. Wyld, James, 1790-1836
3. Shackell and Arrowsmith, printer.

Description

1. [2], vii, [1], xxxviii, [2], 264, cxxxv, [1] p., [16] leaves of plates (5 folded) : ill., map; 28 cm. (4to)

Donor/Sponsor

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

Subject

1. Ashanti (Kingdom) > Description and travel
2. Ghana
3. Inscriptions (Provenance)
4. Ashanti War, 1822-1831
5. Africa, West > Description and travel

Genre/Form

1. Inscriptions (Provenance)

Contents

1. pt. 1. Introduction ; ch. 1. Journey to Coomassy ; ch. 2. ; ch. 3. Commencement of negotiations ; ch. 4. Negotiations continued ; ch. 5. Return of the mission ; ch. 6. Occurences subsequent to the author's return ; ch. 7. Historical memoirs of Ashantee -- pt. 2. ch. 8. On the geography of Western Africa ; ch. 9. Soudan -- Appendix: Geographical documents.

Call number

1. Sc Rare 966.74-D (Dupuis, J. Journal of a residence in Ashantee)

Note

1. "London: Shackell and Arrowsmith, Johnson's-Court, Fleet-Street."--printer statement, verso of title page.
2. "Errata"--p. [1] at end.
3. Illustrations by the author, engraved by C. Williams. Map engraved by Jas. Wyld.
4. Signatures: [pi]1 ²[pi]⁴ a-e⁴ B-2L⁴ ²a-r⁴

Indexed in (note)

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

Source (note)

1. from the Library of Melville J. Herskovits;

Provenance (note)

1. inscribed: in ink on front pastedown "A. Schomburg." ; This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.

Author

1. Dupuis, Joseph.

Title

1. Journal of a residence in Ashantee / by Joseph Dupuis, Esq. late his Britannic Majesty's envoy and consul for that kingdom ; comprising notes and researches relative to the Gold Coast, and the interior of western Africa ; chiefly collected from Arabic mss. and information communicated by the Moslems of Guinea ; to which is prefixed an account of the origin and causes of the present war ; illustrated with a map and plates.

Imprint

1. London : Printed for Henry Colburn, New Burlington Street, 1824.

Indexed in:

1. Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.), 3357

Provenance

1. Copy in Sc Rare 966.74-D (copy 1) (accession no. B511691) inscribed: in ink on front pastedown "A. Schomburg." ; This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN

Local note

1. Researchers are restricted to the microform copy in: Sc Micro R-6334. NN

Source

1. Sc Rare 966.74-D (copy 2) from the Library of Melville J. Herskovits; Gift; 2008. NN

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Added author

1. Colburn, Henry, -1855, publisher.
2. Shackell and Arrowsmith, printer.
3. Wyld, James, 1790-1836, engraver.
4. Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner, inscriber.

Research call number

1. Sc Rare 966.74-D (Dupuis, J. Journal of a residence in Ashantee)