4 Pamphlets and 2 Books.
Scarce Publications Documenting The Cape Palmas Mission
[Philanthropy]. Hening, Mrs. E.F. History of the African Mission of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States, with memoirs of deceased missionaries, and notices of native customs. New-York: Stanford and Swords, 1850.
8vo.; endpapers repaired; scattered foxing; pencil notations throughout; bottom edge of paper stained at binding; top edge darkened; green cloth; black cloth label pasted to spine; stamped in gilt. In a specially made cloth slipcase.
First edition; with folded tissue-paper map of Cape Palmas bound-in at the frontispiece, and a three page appendix at the rear. Four copies located by OCLC, 11 by RLG.
Boxed together with:
[Board of Managers of the Cape Palmas Female Orphan Asylum]. A Report of the Origin, Progress, and Present Position of the Female Orphan Asylum, at Cape Palmas. Philadelphia: King & Baird, 1856.
8vo.; blue wrappers bound with string; three sets of staple holes at binding; lower cover creased; stamp of William Bacon Stevens Library, Philadelphia on upper cover and title page.
First edition; with frontispiece etching of the Cape Palmas asylum and lighthouse. With three-page appendix and list of Officers at the rear. Only one copy located by OCLC, and none by RLG.
Boxed together with:
[Board of Managers of the Cape Palmas Female Orphan Asylum]. A Circular from the Board of Mangers of the Cape Palmas Female Orphan Asylum, to their friends and patrons. Philadelphia: King & Baird, 1856.
8vo.; blue wrappers bound with string; three sets of staple holes at binding; creased; stamp of William Bacon Stevens Library, Philadelphia on upper cover and title page.
First edition; with frontispiece etching of the Cape Palmas asylum and lighthouse. This is the only copy of this fragile pamphlet we could locate.
Boxed together with:
[Board of Managers of the Cape Palmas Female Orphan Asylum]. “Showers of Blessings;” or, a report of the continued prosperity of the Female Orphan Asylum, at Cape Palmas, W.A. Philadelphia: King & Baird, 1859.
8vo.; tan wrappers bound with string; three sets of staple holes at binding; stamp of William Bacon Stevens Library, Philadelphia on upper cover and title page.
First edition; with frontispiece etching of the Orphan Asylum at Cape Palmas. Three copies located by OCLC, only one by RLG.
Boxed together with:
[Board of Managers of the Cape Palmas Female Orphan Asylum]. Report of the Cape Palmas Female Orphan Asylum. Philadelphia: John W. Wallace, 1864.
8vo.; foxed; sage green wrappers bound with string; three sets of staple holes at binding; stamp of William Bacon Stevens Library, Philadelphia on upper cover and title page.
First edition; with a contemporary autograph note on the upper cover: “The last Report [ ] by the Society.” This is the only copy of this fragile pamphlet we could locate.
Boxed together with:
Scott, Mrs. Anna M. Glimpses of Life in Africa. Missionary of the Protestant Episcopal Church at Cape Palmas, West Africa. New York: American Tract Society, [1857].
8vo.; foxed; eggplant-colored cloth stamped in blind; minor abrasions to covers; small tear on spine; spine stamped in gilt; sunned; corners bumped.
First edition; with frontispiece etching covered with tissue paper, and an untitled illustration tipped-in at page 24; contemporary ownership signature on first free endpaper. The last chapter is titled, “Habits of Heathen African Children,” by Scott’s husband, Rev. H. Roy Scott. Fifteen copies located by OCLC, 7 by RLG.
A group of scarce, fragile publications documenting the work at the Cape Palmas missions. The two named authors, Hening and Scott, were missionary wives at Cape Palmas. Little is known about them, other than the fact that each had a Reverend husband, and each was active in the organization of the Female Orphan Asylum and the Missionary at Cape Palmas.
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