Letters: A-B
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Allen, George N. Oberlin, 1863 4/23. [acknowledges Coates’ gift of two books to Oberlin College Library, Liberia’s Offering and The Future of Africa]
Bassett, E[benezer} D. New Haven, [CT], 1868 8/12. [appreciates Coates’ request for his assistance, but declines]
Bethune, Geo[rge] W[ashington]. Brooklyn, L.I., 1852 1/20. [re monument to the memory of Thomas Buchanan, after whom a Liberian settlement was named]
Blyden, Edward W. New York and Monrovia, 1862-1869. 6 items. [establishing the “Book Concern” to make school books available and looking for funding; acknowledges donation from Coates for the Book Concern; missionary work among Indigenous People; permission to republish any of his work; confesses that instead of building up a “Negro nation” in Liberia, they are building an aristocracy, and little for the Indigenous People; importance of the native language and desire for Christian education]
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