[Manuscript Journal] Journal of Proceedings of William S. Thompson Post No. 132, Grand Army of the Republic, Department of Pennsylvania, 1879-1885

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Ledger book. Folio (7 ¼" x 12"). pp. 5-162, with two removed leaves laid in out of sequence: approximately 160 manuscript pages in ink on the rectos and versos (paginated with an ink number stamp). Contemporary quarter red leather and marbled paper boards, with manuscript paper label on front cover. Spine back is perished with both boards detached, cover label is chipped, a few leaves are detached with nicks and tears at the edges of the detached leaves, a few affecting some text, lacking three or four leaves, else good or better overall, with the internal manuscript pages clean and legible. The ledger commences with a report of the preliminary meeting to organize this post of the G.A.R. at "Oxford May 23, 1879, Armory of Oxford Guards", followed by a continuous record of proceedings dating up through August 24, 1885. Accomplished in several hands the ledger includes minutes of meetings, lists and elections of officers, treasury reports, special meetings, reports of committees on cemetery decoration, and memorials. Included among the various presiding officers is Thomas B. Dickey, likely a direct descendant of the Ebenezer and Jane Miller Dickey family of Oxford, associated with the founding of Ashmun Institute (present day Lincoln University), America's first degree-granting black university. A densely written journal, presumably full of primary source information worthy of harvesting. Oxford is a small borough in Chester County, and the nearest town to Lincoln University. N° de ref. del artículo 536999

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