John Russwurm correspondence, 1851-1853.

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John Russwurm correspondence, 1851-1853.

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Some correspondence of Russwurm; together with letters from wife, Sarah (McGill) Russwurm, sons, George and Francis Russwurm, and Dr. James Hall, who was acting governor in Liberia and also a Bowdoin graduate. Places represented include Yarmouth, Me., Baltimore, Md., and Cape Palmas, Liberia.

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Maine Historical Society Library

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Bowdoin College

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Russwurm, Francis

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Russwurm, John Brown, 1799-1851

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Born in Jamaica to white merchant father and unknown black slave; in 1812 father and son moved to Portland, Me. Father remarried and John Russwurm attended Hebron Academy and Bowdoin College (first black man to graduate) ; after graduation in 1826 moved to New York City where became co-editor and publisher of Freedom's Journal; in 1829 moved to Liberia and worked as secretary for American Colonization Society, then as editor of Liberia Herald. Later became superintendent of education and the fir...

Russwurm, Sarah McGill

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Hall, James, -1889

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Russwurm, George

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