Box 1

Volume 1 contains the organization records of the Colonization Society and includes a report by Dr. Ayres, agent of the group, on his trip to the various counties of the state to form branch societies.

Volume 2 has a copy of the Ordinance for the government of Maryland in Liberia, showing the administrative set-up there. There is also a copy of the deed for the land in Africa, giving the price paid in terms of muskets, kegs of powder, cloth, kettles, hats, beads, iron pots, looking glasses, knives, jugs, pitchers, bowls, fish hooks, scissors, etc.