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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
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Date
approximately 1836 ; 1853
Call number
priJLC_POL_002851
Creator
Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005.
Restrictions
Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
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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