Collection, 1790-1905.

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Collection, 1790-1905.

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Included are minutes of the Society, 1897-1904; incoming correspondence and drafts, 1897-1905; membership lists [1897] and 1904; bills and receipts, 1900-1904; and land accession books. Among the materials collected by the Society and presented by Leon Gardiner, a Philadelphia printer, are the records of several civic and philanthropic organizations: Banneker Institute, minutes kept by Jacob C. White, Jr., 1854-1859, roll books, 1854-1872, first begun as the roll of the Alexandrian Institute, receipts, 1855-1868, check book, 1867-1872, and record of lectures and debates, 1859-1861, some of which dealt with the place of the black in American society; Benezet Joint Stock Association of Philadelphia, a mutual beneficial society, minutes, 1854-1885, share records, 1871-1889, and payment orders, 1871-1885; Agricultural and Mechanics Association of Pennsylvania and New Jersey, constitution, 1839, continued as stock transfer book, 1840-1846, and stock certificate book, 1840-1844; Cultural, Social and Statistical Association of the Colored People of Philadelphia, constitution, by-laws, roll and minutes, 1860-1867, and payment orders, 1860-1867; Lebanon Cemetery (Philadelphia), letter books, Jacob C. White, Jr., Secretary, 1874-1886, accounts, 1849-1867, and burial vouchers, 1855-1901; Benjamin Lundy Philanthropic Society, roll book, 1830-1842; Daughters of Africa, beneficial society, minutes, 1822-1838, and payment order book, 1821-1829; Pennsylvania State Equal Rights League, executive board minutes, 1864-1872; and Frederick Douglass Memorial Hospital (Philadelphia), records, 1895-1901. Present, too, are the records of several schools and churches: First African Presbyterian Church, miscellaneous correspondence and accounts, 1832-1846; Second African Presbyterian Church, correspondence, bills and receipts relating to its Sabbath School, 1832-1838; Zoar Sabbath School, catalogue of the library, 1844, continued as circulation record; records of the Roberts Vaux Consolidated School, 1870-1901. Also present are: correspondence and schedules of the Philadelphia Pythians, a black baseball club, 1867-1870; as well as miscellaneous correspondence and broadsides of such organizations as the Philadelphia Library Company, the Colored People's Union League Association and several letters and speeches of Isaiah C. Wears, 1856-1901, and Jacob C. White, Sr. and Jr., 1832-1899. In addition, some autograph material of Benjamin Banneker, 1790-1891, and Frederick Douglass, 1870-1875.

8 linear ft.

Historical Society of Pennsylvania

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First African Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)

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First African Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, founded in 1807, was the first black Presbyterian congregation organized in the United States. From the description of Records, 1809-1989. (Presbyterian Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 70105858 ...

Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884

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English immigrant to Washtenaw County, Michigan, in 1837. From the description of William P. Brown papers, 1852-1914. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34420532 ...

Benjamin Lundy Philanthropic Society.

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White, Jacob C., -1872

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Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895

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Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey was born into slavery on the Eastern Shore of Maryland in 1818. He barely knew his mother, who lived on a different plantation and died when he was a young child and never discovered the identity of his father. When he turned eight years old, his slaveowner hired him out to work as a body servant in Baltimore. At an early age, Frederick realized there was a connection between literacy and freedom. Not allowed to attend school, he taught himself to read and wr...

White, Jacob C., 1837-1902

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Jacob C. White was born in 1837. He grew up in Philadelphia, and in 1853 began attending the Institute for Colored Youth, a school founded by the Quakers to educate blacks to become teachers. On May 24, 1855, his classmates selected White to address the Governor of Pennsylvania, James Pollock, at a special reception at the Institute. In 1854 White was elected secretary of the Banneker Literary Institute, a position which he held until 1859. On May 6, 1857 White graduated from the In...

Brown, Solomon G., 1829-1906

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Solomon G. Brown was one of the first settlers in the Hillsdale section of Anacostia/Southeast Washington, DC in 1867. This area of 375 acres, which has also been known as Barry Farms, was purchased from Julianna Coombe Barry, the widow of James David Barry. The Barrys were White landowners and their land was purchased by Major General Oliver Otis Howard (the person for whom Howard University was named) on behalf of the Freedman's Bureau. After the purchase of his home in Hillsdale, Solomon B...

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American Negro Historical Society

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The American Negro Historical Society was founded in 1897 by a number of Philadelphia blacks to study and preserve materials documenting the American black experience. Among the founders and early members were Robert Adger, W. M. Dorsey and Jacob C. White, Jr., who donated materials to the Society, some of which are present in the collection. From the description of Collection, 1790-1905. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122316531 ...

Vaux Consolidated School (Philadelphia, Pa.)

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Bleby, Henry, 1809-1882

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Banneker, Benjamin, 1731-1806

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African American mathematician and astronomer; assisted Ellicott in surveying site for Washington and the boundaries of the District of Columbia. From the guide to the Benjamin Banneker, 1794, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) Benjamin Banneker (1731-1806), of African descent, gained notoriety as an inventory, surveyor, and calculator of almanacs. From the description of Almanac, 1791. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 191259143 ...

Still, James, 1812-1885

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Zoar Sabbath School (Philadelphia, Pa.)

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Pennsylvania State Equal Rights' League

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Daughters of Africa.

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Second African Presbyterian School.

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Aaron, Samuel, 1800-1865

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Adger, Robert F.

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Aldridge Baseball Club.

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Gardiner, Leon, 1892-1945

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Dorsey, William F.

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Benezet Joint Stock Association.

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Lebanon Cemetery (Philadelphia, Pa.)

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Agricultural and Mechanic Association of Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

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Pythian Baseball Club.

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Alexandrian Institute.

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Wears, Isaiah C., 1822-1901

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Still, William, 1821-1902

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Biddle, Nicholas, 1786-1844

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