"On the evening of May 13, 1861, General Benjamin Butler and 1,000 Union soldiers arrived at Baltimore's Camden Street Station by train. Under the cover of a thunderstorm, they fortified Federal Hill to ensure the city of Baltimore remained under Union control, after the Pratt Street Riot less than a month earlier."
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Papers Maryland Colonization Society, MS 571
Index to the digitized microfilm
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I. Minutes
A. Records of the Meetings of the Board of Managers, Feb. 1831-Nov. 1902
B. Proceedings of the Executive Committee, Mar. 1831- May 1834
II. Correspondence Received
A. Letter Books, May 1827 - July 1833
Letter Books, August 1833 - December 1836
Letter Books, January 1837 – October 6, 1838
Letter Books, October 9, 1838 - October 5, 1843
Letter Books, October 5, 1843 – March 1849
Letter Books, June 1849 – February 1856
Letter Books, March 1856 – December 1860
Letter Books, January 1861 – December 1867
Letter Books, January 1868 – September 1872
B. Letter Books, Shipping, April 1857 – October 15, 1857
Letter Books, Shipping, October 1857 – September 10, 1860
Letter Books, Shipping, September 19, 1860 – November 1865
Bills of Lading, 1856 – 1860
C. Letter Books, Foreign, January 1834 – June 1834
Letter Books, Foreign, August 1834 – June 1843
III. Correspondence Sent
A. Letter Books, Press, June 1854 – Oct. 13, 1856
Letter Books, Press, Oct. 13 , 1856 – July 8, 1861
Letter Books, Press, July 1861 – Sept. 1866
B. Letter Books, Press – Shipping, Apr. 1857 – Apr. 1860
Letter Books, Press – Shipping, Apr. 1860 – Apr. 6, 1867
Letter Books, Press – Shipping, Apr. 6, 1867 – January 1870
C. Books, Corresponding Secretary’s, Oct. 1832 – Apr. 1840
D. Letter Book, Latrobe Letter Book, July 1836- Jan. 1840
Letter Book, Latrobe Letter Book, Feb. 1840 – Nov. 1852
E. Book, State Manager’s, Apr. 1832 – Dec. 1862
F. Books, Agent’s, Jan. 1834 – Oct. 1848
IV. Miscellaneous Letters and Minutes
V. Invoice Books, Oct. 1833 – Apr. 1860
VI. Financial Records
A. Day Books, Mar. 1831 – Nov. 1880
B. Journal, Mar. 1831 – July 1880
List, Contributions to the Society, 1836
C. Ledgers, Mar. 1831 – 1839
Ledgers, 1835 – Dec. 1864
D. Balance Sheets, 1831 – 1844
E. Bank Books, 1832 – 1840
F. Bills, 1833 – Aug. 1837
Bills, Aug. 1837 – June 1846
Bills, Nov. 1846 – 1864
G. Check Book, Dec. 1853 – 1875
H. Checks, 1837 – 1875
I. Canceled Drafts, 1847 – 1865
J. Manager’s Accounts
K. Traveling Agent’s Books, 1850 - 1859
L. Contribution Book, 1839 - 1845
M. Account Books, 1831 – 1851
VII. Special Funds
A. Colonial Accounts, 1837 – 1838
Colonial Accounts, 1838 – 1860
B. Stevens Correspondence,
C. Hall School Fund, 1875 – 1894
D. Maryland Colonization Journal
Accounts of Subscribers, 1838 – 1843 (with index)
Geographical List of Subscribers
Subscriptions, 1843 – 1845 (see also VI “E” book 1)
VIII. Commissions and Reports
(Boards and Agents)
IX. Census Records and Vital Statistics of Maryland in Liberia
X. Manumissions and Emigrants
A. Manumission Book Lists, 1832 – September 1834
Manumission Book Lists, Sept. 1834 – 1860
B. Manumission Books, Copies, 1832 – 1860
C. Manumissions, Copies, 1832 – Apr. 5, 1849
Manumissions, Copies, Apr. 1849 – 1860
D. Emigration
E. Charter Parties
XI. Liberian Colonization
A. Land Deeds
B. Miscellaneous Affairs
XII. Newspapers
A. Maryland Colonization Journal, May 1835 – May 1844
Maryland Colonization Journal, June 1844 – June 1855
Maryland Colonization Journal, Sep. 1855 – May 1861
B. Liberia Herald, Feb. 1842 – Feb. 1857
XIII. Colonization Pamphlets
Declaration of Rights, Constitution, and 18 other items
XIV. Books
See List at Start of Reel
XV. Pamphlets
(not included in the original collection) 18 items – See list at start of reel
XVI. Maps
