Message of the President of the Republic of Liberia to the two houses of the legislature at the commencement of the session of 1868

A report on the state of Liberia in 1868. Among problems discussed are the country's debt, the need to expand and assimilate neighboring Africans, and the need for an appeal to African Americans for money to finance the colony.
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LC copy has inscription in pencil on cover: Jas. S. Payne; text signed on p. 22: James S. Payne.