8. J. W. Lugenbeel, Sketches of Liberia: Comprising a Brief Account of the Geography, Climate, Productions, and Diseases of the Republic of Liberia (Washington, DC: C. Alexander, 1850). (43 p.)


Description of Liberia with an emphasis on its potential for economic development. There is a large (20” x 24”) map of Liberia with an inset showing Monrovia at the end of the pamphlet. (The collection has a copy of a second, revised edition of this pamphlet [without the map] in volume 92 [no. 21].)