Papers, 1790-1838 (bulk 1823-1838).

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Papers, 1790-1838 (bulk 1823-1838).

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Chiefly correspondence, accounts, lists, clippings, and other papers relating to Brand's activities as treasurer of the Richmond and Manchester Colonization Society and the Colonization Society of Virginia (formerly a branch of the American Colonization Society) concerning the emigration of freedmen to Liberia (including lists of free Blacks wishing to emigrate from the Virginia counties of Charles City and Sussex, and the city of Richmond), trade with Liberia (especially tobacco and flour), and opinions about the slave trade; and correspondence (including letters from George Mason Cooke [1792-1866] and Dr. Benjamin Coleman as general agents) and accounts concerning the Richmond Mining Company, in particular gold mining operations at Busby's Mine, Goochland County, Va.

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Richmond Mining Company.

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Richmond and Manchester Colonization Society.

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Coleman, Benjamin A.

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Benjamin Coleman was a leading British spiritualist and author of Spiritualism in America (first published 1861.) From the description of Benjamin Coleman papers, 1855-1887. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 729065320 ...

Cooke, George Mason, 1792-1866.

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Colonization Society of Virginia

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Established November 4, 1823, as an auxiliary to the American Colonization Society, to provide and organize resources for the free black population of Virginia who desired to emigrate. In December 1828 the members of the auxiliary resolved to become the Colonization Society of Virginia, separate from the parent society, for the purpose of providing funds for those who voluntarily chose to emigrate to Liberia. From the description of Records, 1823-1859. (Virginia Historical Society Li...

Brand, Benjamin

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Merchant of Hanover Town and Richmond, Va. From the description of Papers, 1779-1863. (Virginia Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 30383536 Richmond, Va., merchant and treasurer of the Richmond and Manchester Colonization Society, the Colonization Society of Virginia, and the Richmond Mining Company. From the description of Papers, 1790-1838 (bulk 1823-1838). (Virginia Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 29991336 ...