Jan Earnst Matzeliger Collection Dates unknown

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Jan Earnst Matzeliger Collection Dates unknown

0.5 Linear feet

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Matzeliger, Jan Ernst, -1889

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1852, Sept. 15 Born in Paramaribo, Surinam (Dutch Guiana) the son of a Dutch engineer and a black woman of Surinam. ca. 1873 Landed in Philadelphia 1877 Moved to Lynn, Massachusetts and worked in a shoe factory. 1883 Was granted a...