The importance of correct religious instruction to the people of colour in the city and liberties of Philadelphia, and the prospect of such being afforded in the establishment of a congregation and place of worship, under the care and direction of John Gloucester, a man of colour, induce the subscribers to contribute to an object so well calculated to promote the present and future happiness of the Africans. ... [electronic resource].

Corporate Author:: Presbyterian Evangelical Society
Published:: [Philadelphia] : [publisher not identified], [1809?]
Physical Description:: 1 sheet (1 unnumbered page)

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Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 18376

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Appeal by the Presbyterian Evangelical Society for funds to establish the First African Presbyterian Church at Philadelphia. Cf. Nash, Gary B. Forging freedom; the formation of Philadelphia's black community, 1720-1840, 1988, p. 199-200, 328.
Erroneously filmed by Readex for Shaw & Shoemaker 18376, Appeal for funds to erect a church for Negroes, which is cited in Nash p. 328 as having at least 38 pages and dated 1809.
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Shaw, R.R. American bibliography 18376

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