Manuscript/Mixed Material The slumbers of the dead
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- Title
- The slumbers of the dead
- Summary
- A poem about life and the after-life, written in Monrovia, Liberia. Barclay, a member of Liberia's True Whig political party, served as the country's 18th president from 1930-1944.
- Contributor Names
- Barclay, Edwin J. (Edwin James), 1882-1955.
- Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)
- Created / Published
- Monrovia, Liberia, Africa, 1901.
- Genre
- Poems--Liberia--Monrovia--1901
- Notes
- - Typescript (carbon copy).
- - Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
- - The word "denizen" has been corrected in pencil to "alien" on p. 5.
- - Pages 23-[24] (p. 24 is misnumbered 23) are bound after p. [26].
- - Cataloged as manuscript: qr05 05-02-91
- Medium
- 24 p. ; 20 cm.
- Call Number/Physical Location
- E449 .D16 vol. 14, no. 3
- Library of Congress Control Number
- 91898193
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- LCCN Permalink
- https://lccn.loc.gov/91898193
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