American Freedman's Union Commission minute book, 1866-1869.

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American Freedman's Union Commission minute book, 1866-1869.

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Minute book gives accounts of the meetings of the Executive Committee of the merged American Freedmen's Aid Commission and the American Union Commission forming the American Freedman's Union Commission. Rev. Lyman Abbott is General Secretary and James Miller McKim, Corresponding Secretary. Other members and correspondents include Charles Butler, Levi Coffin, Thomas M. Eddy, William Lloyd Garrison, Charles G. Hammond, General O. O. Howard, George W. Lane, John Parkman, Joseph Parrish, Francis G. Shaw, Jacob R. Shipherd, George Cabot Ward, George Whipple.

1 v. ; 34 cm.

Cornell University Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7919180

Cornell University Library

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Whipple, George, 1805-1876

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American Freedman's Union Commission

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The purpose of the commission was to support education projects in the southern states after the Civil War. From the description of American Freedman's Union Commission minute book, 1866-1869. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64757119 ...

Abbott, Lyman, 1835-1922

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