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Summary
Second president of Liberia.
Was part of LOT 8554.
Identification from engraving in the Twenty-fourth Annual Report of the Board of Managers of the New-York State Colonization Society. New-York : John A. Gray's Fire-proof Printing Office, 1856, p. 28.
Label on inside of case: Stephen Benson.
Case: diamond surrounded by geometrical design.
Stamped on brass mat: Anson 589 Broadway.
Transfer; Manuscript Division.
Forms part of: American Colonization Society Records, 1792-1964 (Library of Congress).
Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress).
The American Colonization Society was organized in 1817 to resettle Afro-Americans in Liberia.
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Date
01/01/1851
Contributors
Anson, Rufus, photographer
Source
Library of Congress
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No known restrictions on publication.
