Manuscript/Mixed Material Image 1 of The slumbers of the dead

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About this Item

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.

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 91898193

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:

Barclay, Edwin J, and Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection. The Slumbers of the Dead. Monrovia, Liberia, Africa, 1901. Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://www.loc.gov/item/91898193/.

APA citation style:

Barclay, E. J. & Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection. (1901) The Slumbers of the Dead. Monrovia, Liberia, Africa. [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/91898193/.

MLA citation style:

Barclay, Edwin J, and Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection. The Slumbers of the Dead. Monrovia, Liberia, Africa, 1901. Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/91898193/>.