ALS, 1852 Oct. 15, Philadelphia, Pa., to Aaron Ogden Dayton.

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ALS, 1852 Oct. 15, Philadelphia, Pa., to Aaron Ogden Dayton.

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Lynch has been asked by the American Colonization Society to lead an expedition to West Africa to search for areas suitable for settlement. He had been planning an expedition of the tributaries of the Rio de la Plata, to search for connections to the headwaters of the Amazon. This would be excellent preparation for the African trip, and he asks Dayton's support in obtaining backing.

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Dayton, Aaron Ogden, 1796-1858

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Fourth Auditor, U.S. Dept. of the Treasury. From the description of A. O. Dayton letter, 1843. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 166428980 ...

American colonization society

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The American Colonization Society was founded in 1817 in Washington, D.C. for the purpose of transporting freeborn and emancipated American blacks to Africa and helping them start a new life there. From the description of List of emigrants for Liberia, 1867 Nov. 17. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 32144821 The American Colonization Society was an organization dedicated to transporting freeborn blacks and emancipated slaves to Africa, to what is n...

Lynch, William Francis, 1801-1865

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U.S. and Confederate naval officer. Led U.S. expedition to explore the Dead Sea and the River Jordan, 1848; later planned expedition to West Africa which was not carried out. From the description of ALS, 1852 Oct. 15, Philadelphia, Pa., to Aaron Ogden Dayton. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122541799 ...