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A view of Bassa Cove (in Liberia.)

Description: Image of a certificate of membership for the Pennsylvania Colony Society; view of Bassa Cove in Liberia with dwellings and trees along the water's edge enclosed by a fence; three native figures in foreground; certificate text at bottom center.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1836 ; 1853
Call number: priJLC_POL_002851
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005.
Associated people: Baillie, James S., (active 1838-1855.); Baker, Joseph E., (approximately 1837-1914.); Ball, W. (approximately 1747-1815.); Barralet, John James, (1826-1901.); Bates, J. H. (1837-1913.); Beard, James Carter, (-1874.); Bergner, George, (approximately 1828-1872 or 1873.); Bigot, Alphonse, (approximately 1823-1896.); Bisbee, Eugene S. (approximately 1791-); Bouclet, Francis. (1810-1896.); Brady, Mathew B., (1821-1893.); Brightly, Henry A., (approximately 1828-); Brown, Mannevillette Elihu Dearing, (1811-1893.); Bruns, Wm. (1819-1896.); Buttre, John Chester, (1813-); Cameron, John, (1802-1848.); Carusi, Samuel. (1843-1895.); Casilear, John William, (1824-); Crosby, Charles H., (1811-1889.); D'Avignon, Francis, (active 1870-1880.); Dunlap, T. (1789-1851.); Earle, J. S. (1801-1846.); Endicott, George, (active 1867-1868.); Feusier, A. (1823-1907.); Frizzell, S. S. (1820-); Geddes, William F. (1833-1921.); Grebner, Charles. (1832-1932.); Haehnlen, Jacob, (1829-1895); Hageboeck, August. (1839-1890.); Hanks, S. W. (1802-1864.); Hart, Chas. (1818-1878.); Henderson, John N. (1809-1864.); Hill, Isaac, (1822-1893.); Inman, Henry, (-1850.); Kelly, Thos., (1808-1897.); Kramer, Peter, (1761-1817.); Kuchel, Charles Conrad, (approximately 1805-1881.); Kurz, Louis, (active approximately 1860-1870.); Lewis, Charles E. (1755-1828.); Maurer, Louis, (1783-1872.); Momberger, William, (1803-1889.); Morgan, Matthew Somerville,; Morris, George Pope,; Nahl, Charles Christian,; Needham, Dwight.; Newsam, Albert,; Perry, Geo. T.; Porter, James; Pratt, W. H.; Robinson, Henry R.,; Sartain, John,; Savage, Edward,; Sinclair, Thomas S.,; Smith, John,; Smith, William,; Stuart, Gilbert,; Sully, Thomas,; Wagner, T. S.; Weir, Robert Walter,; Wiest, D.
Associated organizations: A. Hoen & Co.; A.L. Bancroft & Company.; Albert Type Printing Co.; Bingham & Dodd.; Britton & Rey.; Calvert Lithographing Co. (Detroit, Mich.); Childs & Inman.; Currier & Ives.; Drew, Bisbee & Spear.; Eckstein & Porr.; Edward Weber & Co.; Elliot & White.; Endicott & Swett.; F. Myers & Co.; Frank Leslie's Publishing House.; H.C. Tunison (Firm); Hatch & Co.; Hatch Lith. Co.; J.H. Bufford's Lith.; J.H. Bufford's Sons Lith.; J.W. Sheehy & Co.; Kellogg & Comstock.; Kimmel & Forster.; Kurz & Allison.; Lehman & Duval Lithrs.; Mayer, Merkel & Ottmann.; McLoughlin Bros.; Meichel & Plumly.; N. Currier (Firm); New England Lithographic Co.; New York Lithographing and Engraving Co.; P.J. Hitchins and Comp.; P.S. Duval & Son.; Sowle & Shaw.; Strobridge & Co. Lith.; T. Sinclair's Lith.; W.H. Morgan & Son.
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