Colonization Society of the State of New-York membership certificate to A. Hamilton Bishop
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Membership certificate to the Colonization Society of the State of New-York issued to the Reverend Alexander Hamilton Bishop, dated 1849. Reverend Alexander Hamilton Bishop was born on November 14, 1810 in New Haven, CT.
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The Colonization Society of the State of New-York, established circa 1820, was an auxiliary to the American Colonization Society, which was originally established in 1817 as the American Society for Colonizing the Free People of Colour of the United States. The Society supported the idea of helping free African Americans settle in Africa.
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Reverend Alexander Hamilton Bishop was born on November 14, 1810 in New Haven, CT. He married Susan Holmes, who was the daughter of Obadiah Holmes (1790-1867) and Sarah Van Wyck (1793-1825), both of whom descended from from well-known Long Island families. Reverend Bishop was the pastor of the Dutch Reformed Church in Astoria, Queens County, Long Island. He died in New Haven on February 3, 1854.
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One membership certificate to the Colonization Society of the State of New-York issued to the Reverend Alexander Hamilton Bishop, dated 1849.
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Colonization Society of the State of New-York membership certificate to A. Hamilton Bishop, 1849, 1985.029; Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History.
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Source and date of acquisition unknown. Formally accessioned in 1985.
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