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Maryland State Colonization Society records 1827-1902 [microform]
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Microfilm Room Microfilm Drawer 279
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- Format:
- Microformat
- Language:
- Undetermined
- Physical Description:
- 31 reels
- Place of Publication:
- 1827-1902
- Summary:
- Founded in 1817 as an auxiliary of the Washington-based American Colonization Society, its primary functions were to gather funds and recruit colonists for the parent society. It later established a separate colony, Maryland in Liberia, for freed slaves. The collection includes letter books, shipping books, financial records, manumission lists, journals, bills, subscribers' reports, pamphlets, books, and maps. The original records are in the Maryland Historical Society. For related materials see the records of the American Colonization Society. In English. Register available.
- Local Notes:
- HSP and Balch Non-English
- OCLC WorldCat Holdings
- The Balch Institute Library and Archives.
- Mf number 033.
- OCLC:
- 741366476
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