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1 finding aid(s) found containing the word(s) Ashmun, J. (Jehudi), 1794-1828--Correspondence.

  1. American Colonization Society records, 1792-1964

    190,000 items. 717 containers. 168 linear feet. 331 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    Organizational records of the society, including correspondence, financial and business papers, reports, and miscellaneous material relating to administrative and financial matters, membership, slavery and the status of enslaved people in the pre-Civil War period, and emigration, colonization, and education in Liberia. Includes the personal papers of William McLain and letterbooks of the Massachusetts Colonization Society.

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