State Library of Pennsylvania - Miscellany

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Items include a report on the 1907 Dar Mine Disaster relief efforts; the Twin Shaft mining disaster investigation, 1986, Early Indian history along the Susquehanna River, Problem of the Irish in America speech, 1886, American Freeman, 1867.
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Statistics of the operations of the executive board of Friends' Association of Philadelphia, and Its Vicinity, For the Relief of Colored Freedmen, as presented to a public meeting of Friends, held at Arch Street Meeting House, Philadelphia, 1st month 19th, 1864. Together with the report of Samuel R. Shipley, president of the board, of his visit to the camps of the freedmen on the Mississippi River.
African Americans -- Missions -- Pennsylvania, Freedmen -- Missions -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
A report by the Philadelphia chapter of the Friends' Association of Philadelphia and Its Vicinity, for the Relief of Colored Freedmen, read at a meeting specially requested to raise funds. Includes reports, letters, and testimonials from a number of officers and members. Shipley visited the camps on the Mississippi River between Cairo, Illinois and Vicksburg, Mississippi. Reports on the Freedmen's camp at Yorktown, Virginia.
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