Autograph letter, in Arabic Maghrabi script, conveying a greeting to Major John Owen in Raleigh, and consisting chiefly of quotations from the Qur'an and from treatises on Arabic grammar. Quotations from the Qur'an include: Sūrat al-Najm (21-23); Sūrat al-Masad (1-2); Sūrat al-Baqarah (285-286); Sūrat Fuṣṣilat (46); Sūrat 'Abasa (34-37); Sūrat al-Infiṭār (19); Sūrat al-Nabaʼ (40); Sūrat al-Mulk (1-13). Quotations from grammatical treatises include verses from Mulḥat al-iʻrāb (Ḥarīrī) and Alfīyat Ibn Mālik (Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd Allāh). In the center of the first page, a geometric drawing encloses the Arabic text "Shaykh General Jim Owen," along with two unidentified words. In addition to the text relating to John and James Owen and the quotations, Said expresses a wish to see a place [Kaba?] in Africa. and With cover letter, in English, from John Louis Taylor, Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court, dated Raleigh, North Carolina, 1819 October 10, to Francis Scott Key, George Town [Washington, DC]. Taylor describes Said's history and relationship with his owner James Owen, and requests Key's assistance in obtaining a translation of the enclosed manuscript. He also asks for Key's advice in obtaining an Arabic Bible for Said, and discusses his hope that Said could be persuaded to return to Africa with "the Colonization Society," likely the American Colonization Society, of which both Taylor and Key were members.
Alternative Title:
The Missionary herald / American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions.
Description:
Accompanied by a copy of The Missionary Herald (Boston: American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, April 1869) which includes an article, in English, "Arabic-Speaking Negro Mohammedans in Africa," by George E. Post, that discusses Said's manuscript, Taylor's letter, and subsequent events and writings by Said., Gift of Moses Stuart to Andover Theological Seminary Library, 1837. Acquired as part of the establishment of the Andover Newton Seminary at Yale Divinity School, 2017., Notes on Taylor letter: "Letter from Judge Taylor - enclosing an Arabic Amulet" ; "Judge Taylor's letter and mss to be sent to Dr Stuart, Andover" ; "To the Library of the Theol. Seminary from M. Stuart, 22 April 1837." Moses Stuart was Professor of Biblical Studies at Andover Theological Seminary from 1810 to 1848., Omar ibn Said, also known as Moro or Moreau, was a West African Muslim born and educated in the Futa Toro region on the Senegal River. He was sold into slavery in approximately 1807 and transported to the United States. From approximately 1810 until the end of his life, Said was owned by politician James Owen of Bladen County, North Carolina, brother of North Carolina Governor John Owen., and Title devised by cataloger.
Publisher:
Published for the Board by Samuel T. Armstrong,
Subject (Geographic):
Cape Fear River Region (N.C.)--Race relations. and United States--Race relations.
Subject (Name):
American Colonization Society., Andover Newton Theological Seminary Ownership., Key, Francis Scott,--1779-1843., Owen, James, --1784-1865., Owen, John, --1787-1831., Said, Omar ibn,--1770?-1863 or 1864., Stuart, Moses,--1780-1852--Ownership., and Taylor, John Louis,--1769-1829.
Subject (Topic):
African American Muslims--North Carolina., African Americans--Colonization--Africa., African Americans--North Carolina--Cape Fear River Region., Arabic manuscripts., Arabic--Grammar., Qurʼan--Quotations., Slavery--North Carolina--Cape Fear River Region., Slavery--United States., Slaves' writings, American., and Slaves--North Carolina.
Collection of short texts including a manual on the astrolabe, treatises on the zodiac, several horoscopes, and a map of England.
Description:
1 map; parchment, some col.; 20.5 x 31 cm. and The manuscript is a composite of many separate treatises, some on paper,others on vellum, of varying sizes bound together. Bound in brown calf, gilt.
Remarks on Sr. J. Hawkins's 'General history of music', 1776.
Image Count:
36
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Manuscript, in a single hand, with numerous corrections, of notes on "A General History of the Science and Practice of Music" by Sir John Hawkins. Citations from Hawkins' work are followed by often disparaging commentary upon them; Burney remarks that "Ch. V. Bk. IV is chiefly made up of dry dictionary articles of Biography, loosely littering his Book as if he had been in want of a needle & thread to tack them together," and "Vol. III p. 262 He calls Jno. Okenheim the disciple of Jusquin whereas it is well known he was the master." He includes a list of "Omissions of Composers & Performers who died long before Sr. Jno. published his History & therefore had fair Claims to a Niche in it." The work is interspersed with commentaries on various pieces and composers, accompanied by fragments of musical notation, and followed by a piece on "Dancing," a history of opera and theater titled "Progress of the Musical Drama or opera, at Venice," and another titled "Progress of the Musical Drama at Rome."
Description:
Binding: contemporary parchment., Index on flyleaf., Page numbers written in ink have been crossed out and replaced by different page numbers written in pencil., and Section ends with a note written in pencil: "Here insert an engraving of the transcript" although the engraving is not included.
Subject (Name):
Burney, Charles, 1726-1814 and Hawkins, John, Sir, 1719-1789
Subject (Topic):
Music--18th century--History and criticism, Musical analysis, Music--Europe--History and criticism, Music--History and criticism, Opera, and Opera--Italy
Printed volume titled "The Landscape Album" (New York: Leavitt & Allen), with engraved illustrations, containing manuscript entries and signatures written by friends of Catherine MacDonald Bates.
Description:
Gift of Elizabeth D. Boggs, Library Associates, 1935.
Autograph album containing entries written in manuscript and signed by friends of Ellen P. Rice, including contributions by Lucretia G. Dickinson and Mary Dickinson, dated 1824, at Amherst, Massachusetts.
Description:
Gift of Roger S. White, 2nd, 1913. and Some leaves contain writing on verso.
Subject (Name):
Dickinson, Lucretia G., Dickinson, Mary, fl. 1824., Dickinson, Mary,--fl. 1824., and Rice, Ellen P.
Album containing 296 printed reply forms, completed in manuscript by individuals subscribing various sums of money for the expenses of a forthcoming meeting in Dublin of the Protestant Friends of Civil and Religious Freedom, known as the Great Protestant Meeting for Catholic Emancipation. and There were 25 signatories from the nobility, including Viscount Bangor and Viscount Clifden; the Earls of Gosford, Llandaff, Rossmere, and Wicklow; and barons Clanmorris and Dunalley. Other contributors include Sir Henry Parnell; the Hon. George Cholmondeley; Thomas Fitzgerald of Athy; Sir Aubrey de Vere; Sir John Newport; and Sir Thomas Wyse.
Description:
Binding: 19th-century green morocco gilt; marbled endpapers., Front cover title: "Autographs for Civil and Religious Liberty.", Tipped in at front of volume: Manuscript alphabetical index of signatories., and Tipped in at front of volume: printed description by William B. Kelly, Bookseller, ca. 1873.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain--Politics and government--1820-1830, Ireland--History--1800-1837, and Ireland--Politics and government--1800-1837
Subject (Name):
De Vere, Aburey,--Sir,--1788-1846--Autographs, Parnell, Henry,--Sir,--1776-1842--Autographs, Protestant Friends of Civil and Religious Freedom, and Wyse, Thomas,--Sir,--1791-1862--Autographs
Album containing 296 printed reply forms, completed in manuscript by individuals subscribing various sums of money for the expenses of a forthcoming meeting in Dublin of the Protestant Friends of Civil and Religious Freedom, known as the Great Protestant Meeting for Catholic Emancipation. and There were 25 signatories from the nobility, including Viscount Bangor and Viscount Clifden; the Earls of Gosford, Llandaff, Rossmere, and Wicklow; and barons Clanmorris and Dunalley. Other contributors include Sir Henry Parnell; the Hon. George Cholmondeley; Thomas Fitzgerald of Athy; Sir Aubrey de Vere; Sir John Newport; and Sir Thomas Wyse.
Alternative Title:
Autographs of subscribers who contributed towards the expenses of procuring signatures to the Protestant Declaration and to the public meeting of the Friends of Civil and Religious Liberty, held in Dublin on the 20th Jan.y 1829 and Manuscript alphabetical ind
Description:
Binding: 19th-century green morocco gilt; marbled endpapers., Front cover title: "Autographs for Civil and Religious Liberty.", Tipped in at front of volume: Manuscript alphabetical index of signatories., and Tipped in at front of volume: printed description by William B. Kelly, Bookseller, ca. 1873.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain--Politics and government--1820-1830, Ireland--History--1800-1837, and Ireland--Politics and government--1800-1837
Subject (Name):
De Vere, Aburey,--Sir,--1788-1846--Autographs, Parnell, Henry,--Sir,--1776-1842--Autographs, Protestant Friends of Civil and Religious Freedom, and Wyse, Thomas,--Sir,--1791-1862--Autographs
Collection of autograph letters of various English literary figures.
Description:
Binding: blue Middle Hill boards, with title as above., Finding aid available., For information on the source of acquisition, consult the appropriate curator., and Phillipps MS 21659.