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Grenfell in 1878, starting with the first B. M. S. Mission to San Salvador, Kingdom of Kongo.

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1233668


Item data

Title

Grenfell in 1878, starting with the first B. M. S. Mission to San Salvador, Kingdom of Kongo.

Collection

George Grenfell and the Congo: a history and description of the Congo Independent State and adjoining districts of Congoland, Volume 1

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1908
Place: London
Publisher: Hutchinson & Co.

Library Location

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division
Shelf locator: Sc 266-J

Subjects

Africans
Missions -- Africa
Grenfell, George, 1849-1906

Genres

Photographs
Illustrations

Languages

English

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: NYPGR2394152-B
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b11576476
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 8f255330-c6dc-012f-3a75-3c075448cc4b

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Still Image

Date Issued

1908

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MLA format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. "Grenfell in 1878, starting with the first B. M. S. Mission to San Salvador, Kingdom of Kongo." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1908. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8f255330-c6dc-012f-3a75-3c075448cc4b

APA format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. (1908). Grenfell in 1878, starting with the first B. M. S. Mission to San Salvador, Kingdom of Kongo. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8f255330-c6dc-012f-3a75-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. "Grenfell in 1878, starting with the first B. M. S. Mission to San Salvador, Kingdom of Kongo." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 14, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8f255330-c6dc-012f-3a75-3c075448cc4b

Wikipedia citation

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