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Sale 5364 - Books & Manuscripts
Nov 12, 2020 7:00AM ET
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[African-Americana] [Liberia] American Colonization Society Mini-Archive

1. A Few Facts Respecting the American Colonization Society, and the Colony at Liberia Washington: Printed by Way and Gideon, 1830. 8vo. 16 pp. Modern black cloth, stamped in gilt; dampstaining and foxing to text. Sabin 81977; American Imprints 89 2. American Colonization Society Membership Certificate Ca. 1816-1829. Partially printed document issuing a lifetime membership to R.H. Douglas, signed by Bushrod Washington (nephew of George Washington, and an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, 1798-1829) as President, and countersigned by R.R. Gurley as Secretary. 9 x 11 1/4 in. (228 x 285 mm). 3. American Colonization Society Circular Richmond, Virginia, August 29th, 1833. Printed circular concerning an impending voyage sending freed slaves from Virginia to Liberia. Creasing from old folds, small separations along same; inscription at bottom recto. With lithographic printed view of Monrovia.

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