Commission to Teach Freed Slaves in Occupied Virginia

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Nice and unusual pair of American Tract Society documents, includes: Commission for Emily Wood "as an assistant to Mr. H. E. Simmons at Freedmen's Village for ten months, from October first 1864...." 1pp. octavo, November 10, 1864, New York. Signed by J.M. Stevenson. Fine...plus; Autograph Document Signed by J.M. Stevenson, 1pp. oblong octavo, and reads "At a meeting of the Committee of the American Tract Society held Nov. 10th 1864 it was Resolved - that commissions be granted to Mrs. Flora M. Barning from Nov. 1st for 9 months and Miss Emily Wood & Miss Emily Stanwood from October 1st for ten months at $25 per month to assist Mr. H.E. Simmons in the Freemen's school, Greene Heights, Va..." Fine condition. (2 items)The American Tract Society (ATS) is a nonprofit, nonsectarian but evangelical organization founded on May 11, 1825 in New York City for the purpose of publishing and disseminating Christian literature. ATS traces its lineage back through the New York Tract Society (1812) and the New England Tract Society (1814) to the Religious Tract Society of London, begun in 1799.

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