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Scope and Contents 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,...

Scope and Contents Campbell, Robert. New York, 1859 7/14. [exploring the Niger Valley, notes trouble with Yellow Fever, few white settlers]Carter, John F. 1869 4/29.Cary M[ary] E[lizabeth] Bib Cary. [18]59 6/14. [asks if there are teaching or business opportunities in Africa for “colored persons” who do not want to work through the American Colonization Society] Cary, Mary A[nn] S[hadd]. Chatham, C[anada] W[est], [18]58 11/20. [formation of an organization approved of by the...

Scope and Contents Darnell, S.B. Jacksonville, FL, [n.d.]Douglass, Frederick. Rochester, 1859 5/2. [cannot attend examinations of classes at the Institute for Colored Youth; opposition to emigration of free Black people to Africa; thanks for reading material, though he will not be dissuaded from his position on the African Civilization Society]Durant, Tho[ma]s J. Washington, D.C. 1869 2/15. [thanks for various publications; obligation of all to labor]Evans, W[illia]m....

Scope and Contents Hamilton, Thomas. New York, [18]59 9/19. [thanks for subscription to “Weekly Anglo African” and additional money toward their library fund; would like to publish news from Liberia] H[arper?], R[obert?] A. Augusta, 1859 9/6. [Black fortunes will rise, despite any efforts to the contrary] Harris, J.D. Cleveland, [18]59 6/7. Enclosed is a document from the Central America Land Company detailing the establishment of a colony for Black Americans in Central America. ...

Scope and Contents Johnson, Ezra. Sharpsburg, Md., 1868. 3 items. [grateful for the books Coates sent for the school for African American children in which Johnson teaches; for lack of funds the school must be abandoned]Ketchum, Eleanor. Washington, D.C. [18]68 5/22.McKim, J.M. New York. 1867. 2 items. [respect for Crummell; if money is raised for a professorship at Howard University, Crummell would be the professor] Mitchell, William F. Haverford College, 1862 4/8....

Scope and Contents Pike, G.D. American Missionary Association, NY., 1880 4/8. [thanks for contribution to AMA]Pinney, Annie. Clinton, [NJ], [18]69 3/26. [great concern for her family if her father (J.B. Pinney) decides to move all of them to a farm in the west]Pinney, J[ohn] B[rooke]. 1859-1869. 8 items. [mentions secessionist Edmund Ruffin; Liberian trade; attempting to raise $22,000 for Liberia College; contemplating a visit to Liberia in 1868 to investigate missions,...

Scope and Contents Rhoads, James E. Germantown, 1867. 2 items. [while the white race is dutybound to aid the “coloured” one, he is too busy to attend meetings of the Institute for Colored Youth] Robert Carter & Bros. New York, 1868 10/21. [reducing the price of their publications for Coates’ important cause] Roberts, Joseph Jenkins. 1848-1869. 3 items. [Liberian affairs progressing in positive manner; Mr. Roye’s presidential candidacy does not appear hopeful; great interest in...

Scope and Contents Smith, J.B. 1859. 2 items. [arrival of Mr. Campbell in Africa and success of his mission to date; many other important people also in Africa that it will be good for its “Civilization”; wants to set up a meeting in Philadelphia] Say, D.(or L.) R.M. New York, 1862 10/6. [regarding some property] Schofield, M. St. Helena I., [18]68 3/12. [thanks for seeds and information on orphans, presumably under his care] Stearns, George L. Boston, 1865 2/13. [explains...

Scope and Contents [Tomlinson, Reuben?]. Charleston, S.C., 1867 3/29. [seeds have been received and have gone with the colonists to Florida, the “interior” and elsewhere] Tracy, Joseph. Boston, 1868-1869. 4 items. [Pres. Roberts, in Boston, to meet with American Board for Foreign Missions to talk of a plan for training missionaries at Liberia College; issue of emigration; William Whipper as possible U.S. Minister to Liberia; need for better teachers at the College; placing the work of giving...

Scope and Contents Varner, Alvin. Appomattox, Va., [18]68 3/17. [progress made by formerly enslaved Black people whose mental capacity was once questioned and whose need for education was once questioned; seeds are received and used for a garden; his school is flourishing]Wagoner, H.O. 1859. 3 items. [wishes that H.H. Garnet and W. Whipper could join the {Niger Valley Exploration?] Party; his “brethren” are vigorously opposed to the Colonization Society; if money from Black Americans were to fund a...