A Philadelphia edition of Banneker's 1793 almanac contained an anonymous essay entitled "A Plan of a Peace-Office, for the United States".(1) Bedini, 1999, p. 191.(2) A Plan of a Peace-Office, for the United States. In Banneker, 1792a, pp. 5, 7, 9. In 1916, Phillip Lee Phillips, who was the first superintendent of maps for the Library of Congress,Phillip Lee Phillips (1857–1924) was the first Superintendent of Maps for the Library of Congress, where he devoted over thirty years to the development of the Library's map and atlas collection. See:(1) .(2) .(3) wrote a paper about the almanac that was presented to the Columbia Historical Society in Washington, D.C. Phillips' paper, which stated that the almanac contained Banneker's plea for peace, also contained a complete copy of the essay.
