Correspondence, with Henry Charles Lea, 1875.

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Correspondence, with Henry Charles Lea, 1875.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63556028

Comprises letters of introduction for Henry C. Lea to various prominent people of Haiti, including Ebenezer D. Bassett.

3 items (6 leaves).

University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7891103

University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library

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Bassett, Ebenezer Don Carlos, 1833-1908

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Ebenezer Don Carlos Bassett (born October 16, 1833, Derby, Connecticut – died November 13, 1908, Brooklyn, New York), United States Ambassador to Haiti from 1869 to 1877. He was the first African American diplomat and the fourth U.S. ambassador to Haiti since the two countries established relations in 1862. His mother was Pequot. From 1857 to 1869 he was the principal of the Institute for Colored Youth in Philadelphia. Ebenezer Bassett was appointed as new leaders emerged among free African A...

Hunt, Benjamin P. (Benjamin Peter), 1808-

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