[LIBERIA]. Ancient York Masons circular suggesting donations to the American Colonization Society. Baltimore, MD, 4 July 1826. [With:] Enclosed manuscript note suggesting a donation of ten dollars.
Sale 1118 - African Americana
Feb 28, 2023
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
Estimate
$400 -
$600
Sold for $410
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Lot Description
[LIBERIA]. Ancient York Masons circular suggesting donations to the American Colonization Society. Baltimore, MD, 4 July 1826. [With:] Enclosed manuscript note suggesting a donation of ten dollars.
7 15/16 x 9 3/4 in. printed circular letter (old creases, soiling and some separations on integral leaf). Signed in type by R.S. Steuart, C.C. Harper, and J.H.B. Latrobe. Addressed to the Rising Sun Lodge in Dunstable, New Hampshire on address panel on integral leaf, with 29 January, Baltimore postmark.
[Enclosed with:] Autograph letter signed ("Thomas Laton" and "John Lund"). N.p., [1826]. 1 page, 6 x 7 1/8 in., old folds. Recapitulates the encouragement to donate: "we think it would be doing a Great Good to the Unfortunate People."
A letter informing member lodges of the Ancient York Masons of several resolutions passed to allocate funds to the American Colonization Society. The letter continues with a description of the Society: "the gradual removal of the Free Blacks of the United States, with their own consent, to Africa." The letter continues that the "great object of masonry is the happiness and improvement of mankind, without distinction of race, country or complexion...By aiding the American Colonization Society, therefore, we fulfil [sic] the great duty, which our principles impose upon us, of extending the light of science and religion."
This lot is located in Cincinnati.
Property from the James Milgram, M.D., Collection of Broadsides, Ephemeral Americana, and Historical Documents
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