David Henry White notebook

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unitid

{"value"=>"MssCol 18072", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"18072", "type"=>"local_mss"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"David Henry White notebook"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1855-1868", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1855/1868"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>".1 linear foot (1 folder)"}], "supress_display"=>true}

abstract

{"value"=>"Notebook, presumed to belong to David Henry White, containing 83 doggerel poems in which are embedded names, addresses, and cities of the friends of the writer and compiler of the notebook. Poems contain commentary on political and social issues of the day. The writer appears to have been an ardent Republican and abolitionist and to have taught at a school for Black children in Richmond, Va. some time after the Civil War. Some notations in the book are in a shorthand or code"}

date_inclusive_start

1855

date_inclusive_end

1868

origination

{"value"=>"White, David Henry", "type"=>"persname"}

keydate

1855

prefercite

{"value"=>"David Henry White notebook, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library"}

extent_statement

.1 linear feet (1 folder)

date_start

1855

date_end

1868

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