(AFRICA) William McLain Letter soliciting funds for the Amer

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(AFRICA.) William McLain. Letter soliciting funds for the American Colonization Society. Lithographed circular letter, 9 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches, with Maine addressee's name added in manuscript, and docketed on verso; folds, minimal wear. Washington, 12 October 1866

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"Shall we send to Liberia all the people who want to go, & are unable to pay their own expenses? . . . We have agreed to send 800, who are among the better class, families, parents and children, in the prime of life, the very people that Liberia needs. Every settlement there is crying out for more people to help to do the great civilising & missionary work on their hands!" Specific groups of ready emigrants in Columbia, SC, Newberry, SC, Macon, GA, Sparta, GA, and Knoxville, TN are named.