Records, 1867-1945.

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Records, 1867-1945.

Records include rollbook, 1868-1883 (including lists of members and officers, secretary's reports, accounts); certificates and forms with which members could make the Society the beneficiary of their estates, 1923; account books, 1904-1931; pamphlets containing constitutions and bylaws, 1869-1912; annual reports, 1888-1945; minutes, 1867-1934 (including some annual reports); correspondence, 1928-1935, including condolence letters to members' families, letters concerning payment of dues and benefits, letters from doctors and members describing illnesses, administrative matters; bills and cancelled checks, 1930's-1940's; paid death claims, 1900-1908; and legal documents concerning mortgage, leases, members' estates, and rent, 1890's-1940's.

5.5 cubic ft.

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William Hamilton Relief Society.

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Eato, Edward V. C.

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Alexander, Cato.

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Bell, Philip A.

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New York African Society for Mutual Relief

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The society was organized in New York City in 1808 for the purpose of providing support to ill or unemployed members and their widows and orphans. Its first president was William Hamilton, reputed to be the son of Alexander Hamilton, and its members were well-to-do black men involved in such professions as business, education, and religion. Some prominent members included Cato Alexander, businessman; Abraham R. Lawrence, president of the Harlem Railroad; and Philip A. Bell, editor and publisher ...

Lawrence, Abraham R.

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Hamilton, William B.

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William Hamilton was born at Bothwell, Scotland. He emigrated to Queensland with his family in 1861. His father was a businessman in the Bunderberg, operating boats and other enterprises. From the 1870's William Hamilton was operating steamers and by 1882 he was recruiting Melanesian labour. In 1884 he married and by 1887 was a merchant in Eidsvold . From 1894 he operated a charter business for Burns Philp and Co. to Samarai and New Guinea. From 1900 he was engaged in pearling on the Admirality ...

Eato Aid Society.

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