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2 finding aid(s) found containing the word(s) Ashmun, J. (Jehudi), 1794-1828.
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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Liberia map collection, 1764-1970
4 drawers. 104 folders. 117 maps. -- Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
The Liberia map collection consists of 117 maps depicting Liberia at the whole country, region, and city level, covering a variety of subjects and uses, primarily in French. These maps make up a small part of the Geography and Map Division's uncataloged holdings of maps that were acquired before the advent of digital cataloging in the 1970s. The collection's strengths are in maps of administrative and tribal boundaries, locations of natural resources and animals, population density, mines, plantations, communication and transport lines, roads and fuel stations, water systems, and locations of churches in Liberia.