Online Content: Not Available / Organization: American Colonization Society / Year: <span class="from" data-blrl-begin="1880">1880</span> to <span class="to" data-blrl-end="1884">1884</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

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Extent:: 9 boxes and 3.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected manuscripts, correspondence, documents, portraits, and other items created by or about United States President James Madison (Class of 1771) and Dolley Madison, collected by Jasper E. Crane (Class of 1901).

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

Extent:: 1 linear ft. (2 document boxes)
Abstract:: Letters relating to the emigration of free Blacks to the West African colony of Liberia and establishment of Liberian institutions written to American Quaker reformer, Benjamin Coates (1808-1887) whose work toward the abolition of slavery led to a relationship with many well-known people connected to Liberia, a colony established to offer a new home and a fresh start away from slavery to free Blacks in the mid-19th century.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

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