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Book/Printed Material Idle moments, containing Emancipation and other poems by D. Webster Davis : with an introduction by Hon. John H. Smythe, L.L.B., ex-U.S. Minister to Liberia. Idle moments

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Title

  • Idle moments, containing Emancipation and other poems by D. Webster Davis : with an introduction by Hon. John H. Smythe, L.L.B., ex-U.S. Minister to Liberia.

Other Title

  • Idle moments

Summary

  • Webster was an African American poet from Richmond, Va. Here are several short poems or selections from poems that are humorous or didactic or that contain reminiscences. Subjects range from sketches of childhood to emancipation.

Names

  • Mitchell, John, 1863-1929.
  • Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • Baltimore, Md. : The Educator of Morgan College, Book and Job Printing ..., 1895.

Headings

  • -  Davis, D. Webster--(Daniel Webster),--1862-1913.--Idle moments

Genre

  • Prospectuses--Maryland--Baltimore--1895

Notes

  • -  Prospectus.
  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
  • -  Signed at end: John Mitchell, Jr., editor Richmond planet.

Medium

  • 8 p., [4] leaves of plates : ill., ports. ; 15 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • E449 .D16 vol. 12, no. 11
  • E449 .D16 vol. 17, no. 13 Another copy.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 91898185

Online Format

  • image
  • online text
  • pdf

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Credit Line: Library of Congress, Rare Book and Special Collections Division.

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Chicago citation style:

Mitchell, John, and Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection. Idle moments, containing Emancipation and other poems by D. Webster Davis: with an introduction by Hon. John H. Smythe, L.L.B., ex-U.S. Minister to Liberia. Baltimore, Md.: The Educator of Morgan College, Book and Job Printing, 1895. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/91898185/.

APA citation style:

Mitchell, J. & Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection. (1895) Idle moments, containing Emancipation and other poems by D. Webster Davis: with an introduction by Hon. John H. Smythe, L.L.B., ex-U.S. Minister to Liberia. Baltimore, Md.: The Educator of Morgan College, Book and Job Printing. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/91898185/.

MLA citation style:

Mitchell, John, and Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection. Idle moments, containing Emancipation and other poems by D. Webster Davis: with an introduction by Hon. John H. Smythe, L.L.B., ex-U.S. Minister to Liberia. Baltimore, Md.: The Educator of Morgan College, Book and Job Printing, 1895. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/91898185/>.