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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division

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Sidney Lapidus Slavery and Abolition Collection

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Title
Poems
Names
Rushton, Edward, 1756-1814 (Author)
Ostell, Thomas (Publisher)
M'Creery, John, -1825 (Printer)
Collection

Sidney Lapidus Slavery and Abolition Collection

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1806
Place: London
Publisher: Printed for T. Ostell, Ave-Maria-Lane, by J. M'Creery, Black-Horse-Court, Fleet-Street
Table of Contents
To a red-breast in November. -- Solicitude. -- Will Clewline. -- On the approach of the gout. -- Blindness. -- Toussaint to his troops. -- The neglected tar. -- On the death of Hugh Mulligan. -- To a bald-headed poetical friend. -- To France. -- The lover. -- The lass of Liverpool. -- Woman. -- Lucy. -- Mary le More. -- The maniac. -- Mary's death. -- The halcyon. -- Blue-eyed Mary. -- American independency. -- The anniversary of the Liverpool Marine Society. -- The shrike. -- To the memory of Robert Burns. -- The swallow. -- Briton and negro slave. -- Absence. -- On the death of a much-loved relative. -- Entreaty. -- A caution to my friend J. M. -- The throstle. -- The seaman's nursery. -- The complaint. -- The pier. -- Poor Ben. -- Mary. -- The origin of Turtle and Punch. -- Parody on a passage in Measure for Measure. -- The farewell. -- The return. -- To the gout. -- On the death of Miss E. Fletcher. -- The chase. -- The leviathan. -- The winter's passage. -- To the memoryof the unfortunate Chatterton.
Library locations
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
Shelf locator: Sc Rare B 16-17 (Lapidus Collection)
Topics
Slavery
Slave trade
Abolitionists
African Americans
Blacks
Enslaved persons
Abolition movement
Antislavery movements
Genres
Poetry
Notes
Ownership: Copy in Sc Rare B 16-17 (Lapidus Collection) inscribed: in ink, on t.p., "Georgiana Bigland Augst 18, 1808" ; bookplate of "J.O. Edwards" on upper pastedown. NN
Physical Description
Extent: 16 cm.
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 24428412
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b18718827
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): e8d7e950-edfa-0133-e11b-00505686a51c
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1756: Creator Born
  • 1806: Issued
  • 1814: Creator Died
  • 2016: Digitized
  • 2025: Found by you!
  • 2026

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. "Poems" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1806. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a84521c0-0650-0134-739d-00505686a51c

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. "Poems" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 16, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a84521c0-0650-0134-739d-00505686a51c

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. (1806). Poems Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a84521c0-0650-0134-739d-00505686a51c

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Poems