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BOX II:1-54 REEL 182-242 II: Outgoing Correspondence, 1839-1912
BOX II: 1-40 REEL 182-230 Domestic Letters, 1839-1912
Letters sent by society's administrative officers, chiefly the current secretary, concerning general matters.
Arranged chronologically.
BOX II: 1 REEL 182 Wilkeson, Samuel, and others
1839, May 7-1840, Sept. 25
BOX II:2 REEL 183 1840, Sept.25-1841, Aug. 13
BOX II:3 REEL 184-185 McLain, William, and others
1841, Aug. 13-1843, July 24
BOX II:4 REEL 186 1843, July 25-1845, Mar. 10
BOX II:5 REEL 187 1845, Mar. 10-1846, Nov. 24
BOX II:6 REEL 188 1846, Nov. 25-1848, Aug. 12
BOX II:7 REEL 189 1848, Aug. 14-1849, Nov. 16
BOX II:8 REEL 190-191 1849, Nov. 16-1851, Mar. 3
BOX II:9 REEL 192 1851, Mar. 5-1852, Mar. 26
BOX II:10 REEL 193 1852, Mar. 26-Nov. 2
BOX II:11 REEL 194-195 1852, Nov. 2-1853, Sept. 17
BOX II:12 REEL 196 1853, Sept. 19-1854, July 19
BOX II:13 REEL 197-198 1854, July 22-1855, May 29
BOX II:14 REEL 199-200 1855, May 29-1856, Oct. 29
BOX II:15 REEL 200-201 1856, Oct. 30-1858, July 10
BOX II:16 REEL 201-202 1858, July 13-1860, Dec. 17
BOX II:17 REEL 203 1860, Dec. 18-1862, Aug. 26
BOX II:18 REEL 204 1862, Aug. 27-1865, May 10
BOX II:19 REEL 205 1865, June 10-1867, Nov. 15
BOX II:20 REEL 206-207 1867, Nov. 15-1870, Oct. 22
BOX II:21 REEL 208 1870, Oct. 22-1873, Jan. 31
BOX II:22 REEL 209 Coppinger, William, and others
1864, Jan.-1865, Oct. 14
BOX II:23 REEL 210-211 1865, Oct. 16-1868, Feb. 18
BOX II:24 REEL 211-212 1868, Feb. 18-1870, Apr. 14
BOX II:25 REEL 213-214 1870, Apr. 15-1872, May 31
BOX II:26 REEL 214-215 1872, June 5-1874, June 9
BOX II:27 REEL 216-217 1874, June 10-1877, June 28
BOX II:28 REEL 217-218 1877, June 30-1879, Sept. 29
BOX II:29 REEL 219 1879, Oct. 1-1881, June 28
BOX II:30 REEL 220 1881, June 29-1883, June 21
BOX II:31 REEL 221 1883, June 22-1885, Mar. 7
BOX II:32 REEL 222 1885, Mar. 9-1886, Dec. 11
BOX II:33 REEL 223 1886, Dec. 13-1888, Oct. 19
BOX II:34 REEL 224 1888, Oct. 22-1890, Sept. 26
BOX II:35 REEL 225 1890, Sept. 27-1892, Feb. 22
BOX II:36 REEL 226 Wilson, Ormand J., and others
1892, Feb. 22-1893, June 29
BOX II:37 REEL 227 1893, June 26-1895, Aug. 13
BOX II:38 REEL 228 1895, Aug. 13-1898, Dec. 22
BOX II:39 REEL 229 1898, Dec. 23-1904, Nov. 29
BOX II:40 REEL 230 1904, Nov. 30-1912, Apr. 27
BOX II:41-45 REEL 231-235 Ralph R. Gurley Letterbooks, 1856-1866
Letters written by Gurley when he was corresponding secretary of the society.
Arranged chronologically.
BOX II:41 REEL 231 1856, Jan. 1-Sept.
BOX II:42 REEL 232 1856, Sept. 2-1857, Sept. 23
BOX II:43 REEL 233 1857, Sept. 25-1859, Mar. 31
BOX II:44 REEL 234 1859, Apr. 1-1861, Jan. 23
BOX II:45 REEL 235 1861, Jan. 24-1866, Sept. 7
BOX II: 46-48 REEL 235-237 Joseph Tracey Letterbooks, 1856-1873
Letters of the secretary of the Massachusetts Colonization Society concerning matters involving that organization, particularly its relations with the parent society.
Arranged chronologically.
BOX II: 46 REEL 235 1856, June 20-1859, May 24
BOX II:47 REEL 236 1859, June 1-1867, May 7
BOX II:48 REEL 237 1867, May 9-1873, Aug. 20
BOX II: 49-54 REEL 238-242 Letters from Liberia, 1843-1874
Letters received from Liberia.
Arranged chronologically.
BOX II: 49 REEL 238 1843, July 13-1852, Oct. 1
BOX II:50 REEL 239 1850, Dec. 13-1856, June 19
BOX II:51 REEL 240 1856, July 31-1862, Mar. 7
BOX II:52 REEL 241 1862, Mar. 7-1873, Jan. 30
BOX II:53 REEL 242 Sailings to Liberia and related matter, 1848-1853
From J. W. Lugenbeel, 1852-1857
BOX II:54 REEL 242 From Ralph R. Gurley, 1858-1864
From legation of Liberia, 1865-1874
BOX III: 1-9 REEL 243-250 III: General Correspondence, 1909-1965
Incoming and outgoing correspondence relating chiefly to administrative matters when the activity of the society was limited and membership dwindled.
Arranged chronologically.
BOX III: 1 REEL 243 1909-1918
1910-1939
A-F
BOX III: 2 REEL 244 G-S
BOX III: 3 REEL 245 T-Z
BOX III: 4 REEL 246 1935-1941
BOX III: 5 REEL 247 1942-1948
BOX III: 6 REEL 248 1949-1954
BOX III: 7 REEL 248 1954-1956
BOX III: 8 REEL 249 1957-1960
BOX III: 9 REEL 250 1960-1963
Financial, 1960-1965
BOX IV: 1-96 REEL 251-285 IV: Financial Papers, 1818-1963
Receipts, account books, ledgers, statements, and miscellaneous papers of a purely financial nature. A small amount of correspondence concerning financial matters is included.
Arranged by type of material and therein chronologically.
BOX IV: 1 REEL 251 Accounts and receipts
1832-1859
BOX IV: 2 REEL 252-253 1850-1859
BOX IV: 3 REEL 254-255 1854-1858
BOX IV: 4 REEL 256-257 1859-1860
BOX IV: 5 REEL 258-259 1860-1864
BOX IV: 6 REEL 260-263 1850s-1865
BOX IV: 7 REEL 264-265 1860-1909
BOX IV: 8 REEL 266-267 1861-1868
BOX IV: 9 REEL 268-269 1869-1879
BOX IV: 10 REEL 270-272 1871-1874
BOX IV: 11not filmed 1874-1878
BOX IV: 12not filmed 1878-1884
BOX IV: 13not filmed 1885-1888
BOX IV: 14not filmed 1889-1899
BOX IV: 15not filmed 1895-1909
BOX IV: 16not filmed 1905-1909
BOX IV: 17not filmed 1910-1929, undated
Bills of lading, 1845-1865
Bills and receipts
Financial reports
1912, 1942-1948
BOX IV: 18not filmed 1949-1963
Insurance policies
Leases
BOX IV: 19not filmed Leases
Miscellaneous
Notes and statements from James L. Norris, treasurer
1898-1901
1902-1907
BOX IV: 20not filmed Treasurer's vouchers and auditors' reports
1912-1917
BOX IV: 21not filmed 1918-1938
BOX IV: 22not filmed Miscellaneous account books and books listing donations
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