Report of the Committee on Colored Population.

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Corporate author / creator:Maryland. General Assembly. House of Delegates. Committee on the Coloured Population.
Imprint:[Annapolis, Maryland] : [publisher not identified], [1840]
Description:1 online resource (26 pages)
Language:English
Series:Document ; Z
Document (Maryland. General Assembly. House of Delegates) ; 1840, Z.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13544571
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Other authors / contributors:Maryland State Colonization Society.
Notes:"By the House of Delegates,--February 26, 1840. Read and laid on the table"--Title page.
"Ordered, 'That the committee on the colored population obtain and report to this House, a detailed statement from the officers of the Colonization Society of the State, shewing the number of persons and their places of residence anterior to transportation, transported by said society; the number and grade of officers of the society and their respective salaries; the amount of money received from each county, and the number of persons of color sent from each county, and the manner in which the amount of money has been disbursed, beg leave to report that the said order was transmitted to the managers of the State Colonization Fund, and the following communication has been received in answer. ... E. Hammond, Caihrman [sic] of Com. on Colored Population."--Page 3.
Includes answers to interrogatories signed by Jno. H.B. LaTrobe, President of the Md. State Colonization Society; and a list of "Emigrants sent from Baltimore by the Maryland State Colonization Society," which lists passengers, ages, and place of residence, organized by ship and date sailed.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (LLMC Digital, viewed November 23, 2022).
Summary:Report of the Committee on Colored Population, which includes a statement from the officers of the Colonization Society of the State regarding the number and salaries of officers, amount of "persons of color" sent from each county and amount disbursed, as well as other related matters.
Other form:Print version: Maryland. General Assembly. House of Delegates. Committee on the Coloured Population. By the House of Delegates,--February 26, 1840. [Annapolis: : s.n., 1840]