William Costin, A Tribute to Worth by His Friends 1842 Frame Style:Ebony Frame Alfred Tennyson

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William Costin, A Tribute to Worth by His Friends 1842 Frame Style:Ebony Frame Alfred TennysonWilliam Costin, A Tribute to Worth by His Friends 1842 a memorial broadside for the free Black Washingtonian whose quiet rectitude outlasted him, printed by friends in the year of his death when such a tribute, in such a city, was itself a small act of defiance. About the Source Bella Frye sources artifacts from the great American historical archive the Library of Congress, the National Archives, regional historical societies, and the lithographic