Bibframe Work

Title

[Joseph Jenkins Roberts, half-length portrait, full face]

Type

Still Image

Collection

Contribution

Anson, Rufus (photographer)

Washington, Augustus, 1820 or 1821-1875 (photographer)

Subject

Roberts, Joseph J. (Joseph Jenkins), 1809-1876

Portrait photographs--1850-1860 (GMGPC)

Daguerreotypes--1850-1860 (GMGPC)

Genre Form

graphic

Language

English (eng)

Classification

LCC: DAG no. 1000 (Assigner: dlc) (Status: used by assigner)

Content

still image (sti)

Note

Forms part of: American Colonization Society Records, 1792-1964 (Library of Congress)

Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress)

Summary

Roberts arrived in Liberia in 1829 from Virginia. In 1839 Roberts was appointed Vice Colonial Governor of the Commonwealth of Liberia and took over as Governor of the Commonwealth, in 1841, when Thomas Buchanan died. Served as the first and seventh president of Liberia.

Authorized Access Point

Anson, Rufus [Joseph Jenkins Roberts, half-length portrait, full face]

Admin Metadata

Status: new

Date: 1994-00-00

Agent: United States, Library of Congress

Admin Metadata

Status: changed

Date: 2020-09-15T18:15:23

Description Modifier: United States, Library of Congress

Admin Metadata

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