Membership Certificate of the Rev. J. W. McLeod for the New York State Colonization Society

Access and use

Location of collection:
Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library
Special Collections and Archives
James G. Leyburn Library
Washington and Lee University
204 W. Washington Street
Lexington, VA 24450
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Tom Camden
Phone: (540) 458-8649
Phone: (540) 463-8109
Fax: (540) 463-8964
Restrictions:

The collection is open for research use.

Terms of access:

The materials from Washington and Lee University Special Collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law. The user assumes full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used should be fully credited with the source. Permission for publication of this material, in part or in full, must be secured with the Head of Special Collections.

Preferred citation:

Membership Certificate of the Rev. J. W. McLeod for the New York State Colonization Society, WLU Coll 0239, Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA

Summary

Extent:
1.7 Linear Feet 1 oversize folder
Creator:
New-York State Colonization Society
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

Membership Certificate of the Rev. J. W. McLeod for the New York State Colonization Society, WLU Coll 0239, Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of a partially printed illustrated certificate measuring 14" x 17." The broadside includes an engraved vignette of a sailing ship with African and white men shaking hands. The certificate is made out to the Reverend J. W. McLeod and signed by abolitionists Anson Green Phelps (President of the NY State Colonization Society) and John Brooke Pinney (Secretary). Pinney was Colonial Agent for the Colonization Society and later served as Governor of Liberia. The certificate is dated November 24, 1855.

Biographical / historical:

The New York State Colonization Society organized in 1829 to assist the American Colonization Society in removing free black people from the United States and resettling them in Liberia. Liberia was founded in 1822 as a colony by the American Colonization Society.

Acquisition information:
Purchased in June 2024
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard