Memoir of Benjamin Banneker read before the Maryland Historical Society, at the monthly meeting, May 1, 1845
1845
Latrobe, John H.B., 1803-1891
First edition published by John D. Toy. Honors Banneker, a free African American scientist/astronomer from Maryland who created of a series of famous almanacs. Compares Banneker to David Rittenhouse, a noted Pennsylvania astronomer and inventor....
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