Joseph J. Roberts letter, Monrovia, Liberia, to Theodore Dwight, President of the American Ethnological Society
I have the honor of your favor, dated May 3. 1863 -- evidently a mistake in the month -- handed to me a few days ago by President Benson
Roberts, Joseph J. (Joseph Jenkins),
1809-1876
correspondent
Dwight, Theodore,
recipient,
1796-1866
addressee
Benson, Stephen Allen,
1816-1865
associated name
Pinney, John Brooke,
1806-1882
associated name
Rothman, Adam,
1971-
transcriber
American Ethnological Society,
associated name
American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions,
associated name
Omar ibn Said Collection (Library of Congress)
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1863
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Monrovia, Liberia :
1863 May 25.
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1 sheet (2 pages) ; 25 x 20 cm
Autograph letter, signed, from J. J. Roberts to Theodore Dwight about the Arabic manuscript received from President Benson that created a favorable impression and expressing support for the suggestion to the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions of distributing Arabic books and tracts through Liberia to African tribes. Roberts also expresses his gratitude for the diploma he received from the American Ethnological Society sent through Reverend Pinney and assures Dwight that Roberts will be able to procure more Arabic manuscripts in a few months.
Title devised by Library staff.
Transcription provided by Dr. Adam Rothman available online.
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
Dwight, Theodore,
1796-1866
Correspondence
Roberts, Joseph J. (Joseph Jenkins),
1809-1876
Correspondence
Manuscripts
Washington (D.C.)
Liberia
Monrovia
E445.N8 O43, no. 7
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