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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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Second annual report of the Friends' Association of Philadelphia for the aid and elevation of the Freeman. With a list of officers for the year 1866.
Second annual report of the Friends' Association of Philadelphia for the aid and elevation of the Freeman. With a list of officers for the year 1866.
African Americans -- Missions -- Pennsylvania -- Periodicals, Freedmen -- Missions -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Periodicals, Theodore Roosevelt Island (Washington, D.C.).
A report by the Philadelphia chapter of the Friends' Association of Philadelphia for the Aid and Elevation of the Freedmen, who had charge of the schools at Mason's Island (now Theodore Roosevelt Island), in Washington, D.C. and Camp Wadsworth, Langley, Virginia, and several new schools established in Fairfax County, Virginia. Includes personal narratives and letters from members, and the Treasurer's report.
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
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.
Third annual report of the Friends' Association of Philadelphia for the aid and elevation of the Freeman. (1867)
Third annual report of the Friends' Association of Philadelphia for the aid and elevation of the Freeman. (1867)
African Americans -- Missions -- Pennsylvania -- Periodicals, Freedmen -- Missions -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Periodicals.
A report by the Philadelphia chapter of the Friends' Association of Philadelphia for the Aid and Elevation of the Freedmen, who had charge of schools in South Carolina and Virginia. Includes a list of schools under the Association's care, and their teachers, as well as statistics of students and the subjects studied. Contains personal narratives and letters from members, a letter to the freedmen under the Association's auspices, the report of the Education Committee, and the Treasurer's report.