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Lot 340

Sale 5439 - Fine Books, Manuscripts & Ephemera
Jan 15, 2009 5:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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$2,000 - 3,000
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$8,500
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1 vol. + 3 pieces.<...


1 vol. + 3 pieces.
(African-American Subject.) Manuscript material relating to the Miner School of Washington , D.C., i.e., Institution for The Education of Colored Youth, founded by Miss Myrtilla Miner, incorporated by Congress March 3, 1863: Miner School Manuscript Minute Book. Washington, D.C., 1867-1887. 4to, contemp. morocco & bds.; light wear. 198 pp. Recording the annual meetings of The Executive Committee, 1867-1887. Also serving as copybook for founding documents & letters. Includes mounted printed Graduation Exercise Programs for The Miner School for 1883 & 1885. * Manuscript Document Signed. Latham, Benjamin; Johnson, Nancy M. Washington, D.C. & New York, March 20, 1865. 1 sheet, folio on vellum. Deed for property in Washington, D.C., sold for one dollar to The Institution for The Education of Colored Youth. * 3 earlier manuscript documents relating to the Latham family.

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