CACrown ArchivesThe cinema collection
EN/FR
Search
Menu
Research dossier · General Reference

1861 in Liberia

overview of Liberia-related events during the year of 1861

Cross-disciplinary reference desk with index cards, atlas, dictionary and catalogue
General referenceInterpretive dossier study · Crown Archives visual atlas
Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionOct 19, 2024
Entity authorityQ19568089 ↗
Source-derived summary

The following lists events that happened during 1861 in Liberia.

Incumbents

President: Stephen Allen Benson

Vice President: Daniel Bashiel Warner

Chief Justice: Boston Jenkins Drayton

Events

May

May 7 – Liberian constitutional referendum, 1861

Births

August 4 – Daniel Edward Howard, President of Liberia (1912–1920), in Buchanan (d.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “1861 in Liberia” as overview of Liberia-related events during the year of 1861. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Liberia, overview and Liberia-related.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1861, 1912, 1920—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Liberia, overview and Liberia-related providing the first useful test.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “1861 in Liberia”, the useful work is to connect “overview of Liberia-related events during the year of 1861” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Oct 19, 2024. The linked authority identifier is Q19568089. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1861, 1912 and 1920.

Critical limits

A concise general-reference account can conceal disagreements about scope, terminology or the weight assigned to individual sources. The source lead contains qualifying language; that uncertainty should survive quotation, summary and reuse. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Use the entry as an orientation point, then follow its citations and revision history. Names, dates and institutional relationships should be checked against the original record.

Best used for
  • Subject orientation
  • Search vocabulary
  • Locating named sources
Verify next

The closest primary source, responsible institution and strongest cited specialist reference.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “1861 in Liberia”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow 1861 in Liberia primary sources, 1861 in Liberia archive and Liberia research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “1861 in Liberia”?
  2. Which cited source is closest to the event, object or claim?
  3. Which institution is responsible for the underlying evidence?
Subject index

Search terms from this dossier

Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “1861 in Liberia” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.