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    William Brown Hodgson letter, Savannah, Georgia, to Theodore Dwight.
    At a recent meeting of your Ethnologic Society an Arabic MS was submitted by you, which had been received by President Benson of Liberia     Autograph letter, signed, from William Brown Hodgson to Theodore Dwight inquiring about contents of the Arabic manuscript received from Steven Allen Benson of Liberia that was recently submitted by Dwight to the Ethnological Society.
    • Contributor: Rothman, Adam - Hodgson, William Brown - American Ethnological Society - Benson, Stephen Allen - Dwight, Theodore - Omar Ibn Said Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1861

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    N. Saadi letter, Brooklyn, New York, to Dr. Nies.
    Your favor with enclosed Manuscript received     Autograph letter, signed, from N. Saadi to Dr. Nies acknowledging receipt of Arabic manuscript with Arabic manuscript and its translation.
    • Contributor: Rothman, Adam - Omar Ibn Said Collection (Library of Congress) - Saadi, N. - Nies, James
    • Date: 1919

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    James B. Nies letter, Brooklyn Heights, New York City, to Mr. Wood.
    Enclosed is the Arabic "Insurance policy"     Autograph letter, signed, from James B. Nies to Mr. Wood about returning an original Arabic text and requesting copies to be made to have one sent to him. Nies informs Mr. Wood that the translations were done by two reliable Syrian friends Nazir Sa'adi' and Asa'ad il Milky. Written on Hotel St. George, Brooklyn Heights, New York City letterhead.
    • Contributor: Nies, James - Wood - Hotel St. George (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.) - Rothman, Adam - Omar Ibn Said Collection (Library of Congress) - Saadi, N.
    • Date: 1919

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    Correspondence opening with the interior of Africa Unsigned newspaper clipping from unidentified issue of the New York "Evangelist" about Arabic manuscripts procured [by T.D.] from Liberian President Stephen Allen Benson and former Liberian President Joseph J. Roberts which were translated by Isaac Bird. Article also reports that a shipment of books had arrived that had been printed from American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions' press in Beirut, Lebanon on the...
    • Contributor: Bird, Isaac - American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions - Roberts, Joseph J. (Joseph Jenkins) - Benson, Stephen Allen - Dwight, Theodore - Omar Ibn Said Collection (Library of Congress) - Bliss, Daniel
    • Date: 1863

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    Copy of a letter addressed by the Editor, to the Secretaries of the American Board of Commissioners of Foreign Missions ... February 9th, 1863
    I have some facts in my possession, relating to a large and interesting portion of Africa, which I think your Society will deem worthy of their attention ...     Unsigned clipping of newspaper galley proof from unidentified source of letter to the editor by Theodore Dwight addessed from No. 62 Harrison St., Brooklyn, N.Y., February 9th, 1863. Printed at end: Theodore Dwight with added printed note "(A copy of Dr. Bird's letter of January 9th, 1863, was inclosed)". Includes narrative by Theodore Dwight of initially being given a manuscript in Arabic in 1835...
    • Contributor: Cotheal, Alexander Isaac - Bird, Isaac - American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions - Roberts, Joseph J. (Joseph Jenkins) - Benson, Stephen Allen - Dwight, Theodore - Omar Ibn Said Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1860

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    Letters addressed to Theodore Dwight from Isaac Bird, Stephen Allen Benson and Joseph J. Roberts, 1860-1863. Unsigned clipping of newspaper galley proof from unidentified source of letter press compilation of seven letters written to Theodore Dwight. Includes transcriptions of letters from Isaac Bird, May 9, 1860, April 1, 1862, May 22, 1862 and January 9, 1863. Includes transcriptions of letters from President Benson of Liberia, July 19, 1860 and November 20, 1860 and transcription of letter from J.J. Roberts, ex-President...
    • Contributor: Bird, Isaac - American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions - Roberts, Joseph J. (Joseph Jenkins) - Benson, Stephen Allen - Dwight, Theodore - Omar Ibn Said Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1863

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    Letters addressed to Theodore Dwight from S.B. Treat and J.J. Roberts, 1863. Unsigned clipping of newspaper galley proof from unidentified source of two letter press letters written to Theodore Dwight. Includes printed transcription of a letter from S.B. Treat, Secretary of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions from February 19, 1863 agreeing that Dwight should confer with Reverend Daniel Bliss. Also includes printed transcription of extracts from a letter from J.J. Roberts, ex-President of...
    • Contributor: Treat, Selah Burr - American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions - Roberts, Joseph J. (Joseph Jenkins) - Dwight, Theodore - Omar Ibn Said Collection (Library of Congress) - Bliss, Daniel
    • Date: 1863

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    Preface.
    The contents of the following narrative were communicated to me, in 1834 and '35, by the aged and venerable African, Lahmen Kibby, called "Old Paul" ...     Unsigned clipping of galley proof for prefatory essay attributed to Theodore Dwight about Lamine Kebe and "Mohammedism" in Africa.
    • Contributor: Dwight, Theodore - Omar Ibn Said Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1860

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    Park (p. 52) says, that Fattatenda was the capital of Bondou, when he was there ... Unsigned clipping of galley proof for portion of text describing different customs, history, tribes and languages in Africa and the travel and language difficulties faced by outside travelers. Text includes bibliographical citations referencing works by Mungo Park, Heinrich Barth, and Richard and John Lander describing Africa. Text attributed to Theodore Dwight?
    • Contributor: Lander, Richard - Park, Mungo - Barth, Heinrich - Dwight, Theodore - Omar Ibn Said Collection (Library of Congress) - Lander, John
    • Date: 1860

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    Extracts from an Arabic manuscript of eighteen pages ...
    Chapter on the origin of man     Unsigned clipping of galley proof that includes "Extracts from the Arabic manuscripts of eighteen pages, preserved by the late President Benson; written by Mammora Dooqueah, a Mandingo Negro from Footah. Translated by the Rev. Isaac Bird" and additional text "Extracts from an Arabic manuscript of eighteen pages, procured by ex-President Roberts and translated by the Rev. Isaac Bird" with description of China.
    • Contributor: Bird, Isaac - Dukur, Muḥammad - Roberts, Joseph J. (Joseph Jenkins) - Benson, Stephen Allen - Dwight, Theodore - Omar Ibn Said Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1865

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    The Holy Koran of the Moorish Science Temple of America : [circle] 7
    Circle 7     Cover title. Date of publication from page 3 of pamphlet. Includes index on pages 61-63. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
    • Contributor: Omar Ibn Said Collection (Library of Congress) - Ali, Drew - Moorish Science Temple of America
    • Date: 1927

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    Stephen A. Benson letter, Monrovia, Liberia, to Theodore Dwight, New York, American Ethnological Society.
    On my return home early in May, from an official tour down the Coast, I received your favour of the 24th Jany ...     Autograph letter, signed, from Stephen A. Benson to Theodore Dwight about the benefits of circulating publications in Arabic about "Civilized Countries" in Africa with assurances from Benson that he will procure desired Arabic manuscripts for Theodore Dwight.
    • Contributor: Benson, Stephen Allen - Dwight, Theodore - American Ethnological Society - Rothman, Adam - Omar Ibn Said Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1860

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  • Book/Printed Material
    Koran questions for Moorish Americans.
    Great meeting is on     Cover title. Blank form on back cover has date July 20, 1928. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
    • Contributor: Omar Ibn Said Collection (Library of Congress) - Ali, Drew - Moorish Science Temple of America
    • Date: 1928

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    Jet magazine issue from March 13, 1975.
    Nation mourns Muslim leader Elijah Muhammad (1897-1975)     Copy of volume XLVII, no. 25 issue of Jet magazine from March 13, 1975 which includes numerous illustrated articles about and related to Elijah Muhammad, leader of the Nation of Islam, after his death on February 25, 1975.
    • Contributor: Booker, Simeon - Roberts, Merrill A. - Lewis, Roy - Simms, Gregory - Omar Ibn Said Collection (Library of Congress) - Johnson Publishing Company (Chicago, Ill.)
    • Date: 1975
  • Book/Printed Material
    Jet magazine issue from August 14, 1975.
    New Muslim leader charts interracial future of his nation     Copy of volume XLVIII, no. 21 issue of Jet magazine from August 14, 1975 which includes article about W.D. Muhammad, Supreme Minister of the Nation of Islam.
    • Contributor: Omar Ibn Said Collection (Library of Congress) - Simms, Gregory - Johnson Publishing Company (Chicago, Ill.)
    • Date: 1975
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    Autobiography of Omar ibn Said, slave in North Carolina, 1831. Caption title. Offprint. Reprinted from The American Historical Review, Volume XXX, no. 4, July, 1925. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Cataloged from scan he11 2018-11-01
    • Contributor: Dwight, Theodore - Omar Ibn Said Collection (Library of Congress) - Said, Omar Ibn
    • Date: 1925

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    Origin of man.
    Manuscript No. 2. In the name of God merciful & gracious     Isaac Bird's undated translation of Mohammed Deker's Origin of Man.
    • Contributor: Rothman, Adam - Omar Ibn Said Collection (Library of Congress) - Bird, Isaac - Dukur, Muḥammad
    • Date: 1850

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    Said Mohammed, son of Mohammed, son of Ali, son of Othman.
    Manuscript No. 3. In the name of God merciful & gracious     Isaac Bird's undated translation of Mohammed Deker's Said Mohammed, son of Mohammed, son of Ali, son of Othman.
    • Contributor: Rothman, Adam - Omar Ibn Said Collection (Library of Congress) - Bird, Isaac - Dukur, Muḥammad
    • Date: 1850

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    Translation of the life of Omar ibn Said.
    Manuscript no. 1. In the name of God, the merciful, the gracious | Omar ben Saeed     Isaac Bird's undated translation of the Life of Omar Ibn Said.
    • Contributor: Rothman, Adam - Omar Ibn Said Collection (Library of Congress) - Said, Omar Ibn - Bird, Isaac
    • Date: 1860

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    The life of Omar ben Saeed, a Foulah slave
    Mr. Cotheal's translation of Omar ben Saeed's letter to Paul     Alexander Cotheal's translation of the Life of Omar Ibn Said.
    • Contributor: Cotheal, Alexander Isaac - Omar Ibn Said Collection (Library of Congress) - Said, Omar Ibn
    • Date: 1848

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    Translation of Sheikh Sana See manuscript.
    O my Lord & helper, increase my knowledge | Dr. Bird's translation of the Panama Sheikh's [?] ms.     Isaac Bird's undated translation of Sheikh Sana See's undated manuscript.
    • Contributor: See, Sheikh Sana - Omar Ibn Said Collection (Library of Congress) - Bird, Isaac
    • Date: 1863

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    Joseph J. Roberts letter, Monrovia, Liberia, to Theodore Dwight, New York.
    I enclosed to you some time since, care of Rev. J. B. Pinney D.D. an Arabic Manuscript     Autograph letter, signed, from Joseph J. Roberts to Theodore Dwight notifying Dwight that he will be receiving an additional Arabic manuscript sent by Roberts in care of Reverend John Brooke Pinney.
    • Contributor: Pinney, John Brooke - Dwight, Theodore - Omar Ibn Said Collection (Library of Congress) - Roberts, Joseph J. (Joseph Jenkins) - Rothman, Adam
    • Date: 1861

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    Translation of Sheikh Sana See 1850's manuscript.
    O Lord, increase our knowledge of what has happened! | Translation of the 1st ms. of the Panama Sheikh by Wm. A. Thomson, M.D.     Dr. William A. [William H.] Thomson's undated translation of Sheikh Sana See's manuscript written in Panama sometime between 1850 and 1855.
    • Contributor: See, Sheikh Sana - Thomson, William Hanna - Omar Ibn Said Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1863

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    Translation of letter written on the part of Keneb el Hussen and Bel Keis Hussein ; Translation of instructions for delivery of a letter, a charm and a magic square.
    Translation of instructions for delivery of a letter, a charm and a magic square | Two English translations of texts in Arabic comprising a letter "on the part of Keneb el Hussein & Bel Keis el Hussein ... to the people of Melky ; An English translation of an Arabic "magic square"     First of two English translations of Arabic texts by Dr. William H. Thomson comprising a letter "on the part of Keneb el Hussein & Bel Keis el Hussein, dwelling in Gebel, Kunir, to the people of Melky" with instructions for how to pass on the message and stating that on the back of the letter are instructions for how to make a charm to...
    • Contributor: See, Sheikh Sana - Thomson, William Hanna - Omar Ibn Said Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1863

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    Prayers for safe arrival of travelers with diagram of an amulet. Prayers and amulet for safe travel.
    • Contributor: Omar Ibn Said Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 18??

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