A copy of a letter recorded in the Book of Records of the African Union Society signed by Lymas Keith listing the freeholders and members of the African Union Society elected at their Annual Meeting on August 13, 1789, including Anthony Taylor, Kingston Pease, Prince Amy, Zingo Stevens, Salmar Nubia, and Thomas Ferguson. Also lists freeholders not belonging to the African Union Society, including James Dyre, Baccus Overing, William Henshaw, Baccus Coggeshall, Bess Browning, and Rebecca Folger. Letter mentions a visit to the Society from Henry Steward on his way to Boston. Vol.1674B, p. 50, Collection of the Newport Historical Society.
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A copy of a letter recorded in the Book of Records of the African Union Society signed by Lymas Keith listing the freeholders and members of the African Union Society elected at their Annual Meeting on August 13, 1789, including Anthony Taylor, Kingston Pease, Prince Amy, Zingo Stevens, Salmar Nubia, and Thomas Ferguson. Also lists freeholders not belonging to the African Union Society, including James Dyre, Baccus Overing, William Henshaw, Baccus Coggeshall, Bess Browning, and Rebecca Folger. Letter mentions a visit to the Society from Henry Steward on his way to Boston. Vol.1674B, p. 50, Collection of the Newport Historical Society.