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Purvis, Robert 1810-1898
Overview
| Works: |
28
works in
48
publications in
1
language and
828
library holdings
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| Classifications: |
hv28.s5,
361.020924 |
Most widely held works about
Robert Purvis
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But one race : the life of Robert Purvis
by Margaret Hope Bacon
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Book
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Purvis, Robert : president of the "Underground Railway
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Book
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Margaret Hope Bacon Research Papers, 1947-2007
by Margaret Hope Bacon
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Daguerreotypes of 7 active members of the Committee, namely: Charles Wise, N.W. Depee, J.M. M'Kim, Robert Purvis, William Still, Passmore Williamson, Jacob White; also of Thomas Garrett
by Philadelphia Vigilance Committee
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Book
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Purvis, Robert
by Thomas William Herringshaw
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Book
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Most widely held works by
Robert Purvis
A tribute to the memory of Thomas Shipley, the philanthropist. Delivered at St. Thomas' Church, November 23, 1836
by Robert Purvis
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Book
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4
editions published
between
1969
and
1970
in
English
and held by
78
libraries
worldwide
A tribute to the memory of Thomas Shipley, the philanthropist
by Robert Purvis
(
Book
)
5
editions published
between
1836
and
1977
in
English
and held by
49
libraries
worldwide
Appeal of forty thousand citizens, threatened with disfranchisement, to the people of Pennsylvania
by Robert Purvis
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Book
)
5
editions published
in
1838
in
English
and held by
45
libraries
worldwide
Remarks on the life and character of James Forten, delivered at Bethel Church, March 30, 1842
by Robert Purvis
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Book
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1
edition published
in
1848
in
English
and held by
19
libraries
worldwide
Speeches and letters
by Robert Purvis
(
Book
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5
editions published
between
1860
and
1898
in
English
and held by
10
libraries
worldwide
The Undersigned were appointed a committee at the civil rights mass meeting, held in Washington, D.C., December 19, and instructed to present to your earnest attention the following memorial and resolutions: To the honorable members of the Forty-second Congress, of all parties: Respected sirs: We are aggrieved by being invidiously proscribed. ... The people, in their late national convention, which assembled at Philadelphia, at Cincinnati, and at Baltimore, affirmed that we, as well as all other citizens, should be protected in equality before the law. The people in the late election ratified this declaration
(
Book
)
in
English
and held by
7
libraries
worldwide
Remarks of the life and character of James Forten, delivered at Bethel Church, March 30, 1842
by Robert Purvis
(
Book
)
1
edition published
in
1842
in
English
and held by
5
libraries
worldwide
Appeal of forty thousand citizens, threatened with disfranchisement, to the people of Pennsylvania
by Pennsylvania
(
Book
)
1
edition published
in
1838
in
English
and held by
3
libraries
worldwide
Robert Purvis signed photographic portrait and related oversize cabinet photo inscribed to Miss K. M. Atkinson
by Robert Purvis
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Visual
)
in
English
and held by
1
library
worldwide
The collection contains two cabinet cards signed by Purvis. One is a portrait by F. Gutekunst, Philadelphia, with the handwritten note on the verso: "Robert Purvis, descended from an African woman, said to have been a princess of royal blood and an Englishman. He was one of the handsomest and most courtly men I ever met - K.M.A." The other is an oversized cabinet photograph by A.K.P. Trask, 1210 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, with the title: "This table and inkstand were used by the signers of the Declaration of the Anti-Slavery Convention, Philadelphia, December 6th, 1833, photographed...Dec. 6, 1888 on the 55th anniversary of the signing." The cabinet card in inscribed by Purvis, "To Miss K. M. Atkinson, with kind regards."
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Associated Subjects
Abolitionists Africa African American abolitionists African American civil rights workers African Americans African Americans--Civil rights African Americans--Colonization African Americans--Legal status, laws, etc. African Americans--Suffrage Alcott, Amos Bronson,--1799-1888 American Anti-Slavery Society Anti-slavery Convention Antislavery movements Barnes, George,--1827-1892 Biography Boromé, Joseph Alfred,--1919-2002 Civil rights Controversial literature Dickens, Charles,--1812-1870 Eliot, Thomas D.--1808-1870 First Unitarian Church (Ithaca, N.Y.) Fiske, Willard,--1831-1904 Freedman's Relief Association Freedmen Fugitive slaves Garrett, Thomas,--1789-1871 Garrison, William Lloyd,--1838-1909 Haiti History Johnson, Oliver,--1809-1889 May family Melville, Herman,--1819-1891 Mott, Lucretia,--1793-1880 New York (State)--Syracuse Pennsylvania Pennsylvania--Philadelphia Phelps, George D.--1804-1872 Philanthropists Photographs Purvis, Robert,--1810-1898 Race relations--Political aspects Revolution (Haiti : 1791-1804) Shipley, Thomas,--1784-1836 Spiritualism Sweet, Joseph Truth, Sojourner,--d. 1883 United States Walker, Mary Ann,--1872-1928 Webb, Richard Davis,--1805-1872 Wise, Charles
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