Papers, 1851-1854.

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Papers, 1851-1854.

Power of attorney from John S. Chambliss to Captain David Boone of Natchez, Miss., relating to his claim for services rendered the society. Supporting affidavit of J.E. Calhoun of Claiborne County. Telegram dated Sept. 11, 1854, requesting that the Rev. W. McLean, agent of the Colonization Society, trace the receipt by Thomas Scott, Sr. in Greenville, Liberia, of twenty-five hundred dollars stolen from a Mr. Bell, Esqr. by African-Americans.

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McLean, Will

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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...

Scott, Thomas.

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Boone, David F.

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Gloria Dawn Jensen was born in Provo, Utah, in 1928. She received a bachelor's degree in 1950 from Brigham Young University and a Master's degree in library science from Columbia University in 1954. She was in charge of the cataloging department at the Harold B. Lee Library at BYU in 1978. From the guide to the Gloria Dawn Jensen oral history interview, 1978, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) ...

Chambliss, John S.

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Calhoun, J. E.

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