Book/Printed Material Affairs in Liberia: message from the President of the United States transmitting a letter of the Secretary of State submitting a report of the Commission which visited Liberia in pursuance of the provisions of the Deficiency Act of March 4, 1909, "to investigate the interests of the United States and its citizens in the Republic of Liberia, with the consent of the authoirities of said republic."
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Image 1 of Affairs in Liberia: message from the President of the United States transmitting a …
- Contributor: Falkner, Roland P. - Daniel Murray Collection (Library of Congress) - United States. Commission to Liberia
- Date: 1910
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Image 2 of Affairs in Liberia: message from the President of the United States transmitting a …
- Contributor: Falkner, Roland P. - Daniel Murray Collection (Library of Congress) - United States. Commission to Liberia
- Date: 1910
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- Contributor: Falkner, Roland P. - Daniel Murray Collection (Library of Congress) - United States. Commission to Liberia
- Date: 1910
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- Contributor: Falkner, Roland P. - Daniel Murray Collection (Library of Congress) - United States. Commission to Liberia
- Date: 1910
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- Contributor: Falkner, Roland P. - Daniel Murray Collection (Library of Congress) - United States. Commission to Liberia
- Date: 1910
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Image 6 of Affairs in Liberia: message from the President of the United States transmitting a …
- Contributor: Falkner, Roland P. - Daniel Murray Collection (Library of Congress) - United States. Commission to Liberia
- Date: 1910
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- Contributor: Falkner, Roland P. - Daniel Murray Collection (Library of Congress) - United States. Commission to Liberia
- Date: 1910
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Image 8 of Affairs in Liberia: message from the President of the United States transmitting a … 61st Congress 2d Session SENATE Document No 457 issi on V AFFAIRS IN LIBERIA MESSAGE FROM THE tfOJ PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES TRANSMITTING A LETTER OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE SUBMITTING…
- Contributor: Falkner, Roland P. - Daniel Murray Collection (Library of Congress) - United States. Commission to Liberia
- Date: 1910
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Image 9 of Affairs in Liberia: message from the President of the United States transmitting a … 2 AFFAIRS IN LIBERIA J Report of the Secretary of State to the President Concerning Affairs in Liberia a To the President X r v v v For a number of years…
- Contributor: Falkner, Roland P. - Daniel Murray Collection (Library of Congress) - United States. Commission to Liberia
- Date: 1910
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Image 10 of Affairs in Liberia: message from the President of the United States transmitting a … AFFAIRS IN LIBERIA 3 numbers of enfranchised Africans had become sufficiently notable to lead the legislature of Virginia to request the Government to cor respond with the President on the subject of…
- Contributor: Falkner, Roland P. - Daniel Murray Collection (Library of Congress) - United States. Commission to Liberia
- Date: 1910
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Image 11 of Affairs in Liberia: message from the President of the United States transmitting a … 4 AFFAIRS IN LIBERIA farming utensils to pay instructors to teach them to purchase ships for their convenience to build forts for their protection to supply them with arms and munitions of…
- Contributor: Falkner, Roland P. - Daniel Murray Collection (Library of Congress) - United States. Commission to Liberia
- Date: 1910
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Image 12 of Affairs in Liberia: message from the President of the United States transmitting a … AFFAIRS IN LIBERIA 5 The colonists adopted a socalled constitution which however was little more than a set of community bylaws and entered upon a scheme of selfadministration About 1832 a new…
- Contributor: Falkner, Roland P. - Daniel Murray Collection (Library of Congress) - United States. Commission to Liberia
- Date: 1910
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Image 13 of Affairs in Liberia: message from the President of the United States transmitting a … 6 AFFAIRS IN LIBERIA regard it with greater sympathy and solicitude than would attach to it under other circumstances For several years it was compelled to defend itself by arms and unaided…
- Contributor: Falkner, Roland P. - Daniel Murray Collection (Library of Congress) - United States. Commission to Liberia
- Date: 1910
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Image 14 of Affairs in Liberia: message from the President of the United States transmitting a … AFFAIRS IN LIBERIA 7 of lands were conducted by officers of the United States Prior to the civil war the United States maintained a squadron on the west coast of Africa to…
- Contributor: Falkner, Roland P. - Daniel Murray Collection (Library of Congress) - United States. Commission to Liberia
- Date: 1910
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Image 15 of Affairs in Liberia: message from the President of the United States transmitting a … 8 AFFAIRS IN LIBERIA the Republic of Liberia and further that should any United States citizen suffer loss in person or property from violence by the ab original inhabitants and the Government…
- Contributor: Falkner, Roland P. - Daniel Murray Collection (Library of Congress) - United States. Commission to Liberia
- Date: 1910
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Image 16 of Affairs in Liberia: message from the President of the United States transmitting a … AFFAIRS IN LIBERIA 9 land State Colonization Society at various dates between 1834 and 1846 The controversy dragged along until 1892 when in January the French ambassador in justification of the claim…
- Contributor: Falkner, Roland P. - Daniel Murray Collection (Library of Congress) - United States. Commission to Liberia
- Date: 1910
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Image 17 of Affairs in Liberia: message from the President of the United States transmitting a … 10 AFFAIRS IN LIBERIA ance for peace sake of a definite and charted inland boundary which gave to France nearly all that was in dispute It is from this condition of the…
- Contributor: Falkner, Roland P. - Daniel Murray Collection (Library of Congress) - United States. Commission to Liberia
- Date: 1910
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Image 18 of Affairs in Liberia: message from the President of the United States transmitting a … AFFAIRS IN LIBERIA 11 disadvantageous circumstances and yet considering the limited re sources and impoverished condition of the national exchequer of Liberia the total sum internal and external is comparatively small less…
- Contributor: Falkner, Roland P. - Daniel Murray Collection (Library of Congress) - United States. Commission to Liberia
- Date: 1910
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Image 19 of Affairs in Liberia: message from the President of the United States transmitting a … 12 AFFAIRS IN LIBERIA It is the purpose of the department if the President approve and so direct to lay before the Liberian Government a project of a treaty designed to accomplish…
- Contributor: Falkner, Roland P. - Daniel Murray Collection (Library of Congress) - United States. Commission to Liberia
- Date: 1910
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Image 20 of Affairs in Liberia: message from the President of the United States transmitting a … AFFAIRS IN LIBERIA 13 can not effectively maintain this role That power has so frequently expressed its desire that Liberia may grow strong and prosperous has so often offered its friendly aid…
- Contributor: Falkner, Roland P. - Daniel Murray Collection (Library of Congress) - United States. Commission to Liberia
- Date: 1910
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Image 21 of Affairs in Liberia: message from the President of the United States transmitting a … 14 AFFAIRS IN LIBERIA freedmen who emigrated to Liberia since the war Out of these materials guided by the traditions of life in America the Liberian people have developed a civilization that…
- Contributor: Falkner, Roland P. - Daniel Murray Collection (Library of Congress) - United States. Commission to Liberia
- Date: 1910
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Image 22 of Affairs in Liberia: message from the President of the United States transmitting a … AFFAIRS IN LIBERIA 15 The vagueness of this treaty with respect to the interior boundaries furnished the basis of claims which enabled France to make further encroachments upon territory previously assigned to…
- Contributor: Falkner, Roland P. - Daniel Murray Collection (Library of Congress) - United States. Commission to Liberia
- Date: 1910
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Image 23 of Affairs in Liberia: message from the President of the United States transmitting a … 16 AFFAIRS IN LIBERIA ritory Before it was known that this region was Liberian the British had entered into a treaty of protection with the native chief of that district In 1904…
- Contributor: Falkner, Roland P. - Daniel Murray Collection (Library of Congress) - United States. Commission to Liberia
- Date: 1910
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Image 24 of Affairs in Liberia: message from the President of the United States transmitting a … AFFAIRS IN LIBERIA 17 International boundaries must be respected and the maintenance of peace and order on the frontier is of the highest importance to avoid international conflicts While these natives are…
- Contributor: Falkner, Roland P. - Daniel Murray Collection (Library of Congress) - United States. Commission to Liberia
- Date: 1910
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Image 25 of Affairs in Liberia: message from the President of the United States transmitting a … 18 AFFAIRS IN LIBERIA But if Major Cadell got on very well with his troops he got on very badly with the Liberian people and the Liberian Government He was a man…
- Contributor: Falkner, Roland P. - Daniel Murray Collection (Library of Congress) - United States. Commission to Liberia
- Date: 1910
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Image 26 of Affairs in Liberia: message from the President of the United States transmitting a … AFFAIRS IN LIBERIA 19 February 10 the British gunboat Mutin appeared and anchored off Monrovia It was afterwards learned that a British regiment in Sierra Leone was under orders to proceed to…
- Contributor: Falkner, Roland P. - Daniel Murray Collection (Library of Congress) - United States. Commission to Liberia
- Date: 1910
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Image 27 of Affairs in Liberia: message from the President of the United States transmitting a … 20 AFFAIRS IH LIBERIA such officers should be citizens of a nation which has no territorial interests likely to conflict with those of Liberia FOREIGN LOANS Twice in her history Liberia has…
- Contributor: Falkner, Roland P. - Daniel Murray Collection (Library of Congress) - United States. Commission to Liberia
- Date: 1910
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Image 28 of Affairs in Liberia: message from the President of the United States transmitting a … AFFAIRS IN LIBERIA 21 A A profitable investment Increased costs have of course followed a more systematic organization but there can be little doubt that this has been considerably more than offset…
- Contributor: Falkner, Roland P. - Daniel Murray Collection (Library of Congress) - United States. Commission to Liberia
- Date: 1910
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Image 29 of Affairs in Liberia: message from the President of the United States transmitting a … 22 AFFAIRS IN LIBERIA treasury is taken into consideration and checks aie only issued which can be paid each claimant receiving a portion of the amount due him A semblance of equity…
- Contributor: Falkner, Roland P. - Daniel Murray Collection (Library of Congress) - United States. Commission to Liberia
- Date: 1910
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Image 30 of Affairs in Liberia: message from the President of the United States transmitting a … AFFAIRS IN LIBERIA 23 The judiciary of Liberia is composed of wellmeaning men of gen eral good character but without special training in the law In the supreme court two of the…
- Contributor: Falkner, Roland P. - Daniel Murray Collection (Library of Congress) - United States. Commission to Liberia
- Date: 1910
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Image 31 of Affairs in Liberia: message from the President of the United States transmitting a … 24 AFFAIRS IN LIBERIA THE REFORM PROGRAMME Most of the problems heretofore discussed are inherent in the situation though some of them have become more acute through the irritation engendered by unsuccessful…
- Contributor: Falkner, Roland P. - Daniel Murray Collection (Library of Congress) - United States. Commission to Liberia
- Date: 1910
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Image 32 of Affairs in Liberia: message from the President of the United States transmitting a … AFFAIKS IN LIBERIA 25 methods of gathering these products and preparing them for the export trade deprives them of a part of their value More attention paid to these matters would undoubtedly…
- Contributor: Falkner, Roland P. - Daniel Murray Collection (Library of Congress) - United States. Commission to Liberia
- Date: 1910
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Image 33 of Affairs in Liberia: message from the President of the United States transmitting a … 26 AFFAIRS IN LIBERIA There is every reason to believe from the natural fertility of the soil and the luxuriance of its vegetation that the country has great possibilities But a more…
- Contributor: Falkner, Roland P. - Daniel Murray Collection (Library of Congress) - United States. Commission to Liberia
- Date: 1910
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Image 34 of Affairs in Liberia: message from the President of the United States transmitting a … I AFFAIRS IH LIBERIA 27 PRESENT CONDITIONS DEMAND FOREIGN HELP To meet the problems which have been enumerated Liberia is by her own confession powerless without the friendly aid and guidance of…
- Contributor: Falkner, Roland P. - Daniel Murray Collection (Library of Congress) - United States. Commission to Liberia
- Date: 1910
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Image 35 of Affairs in Liberia: message from the President of the United States transmitting a … 28 AFFAIRS IN LIBERIA The interests of Great Britain have too often run counter to those of Liberia for this attitude of the public mind to be wholly groundless Aggressions upon Liberian…
- Contributor: Falkner, Roland P. - Daniel Murray Collection (Library of Congress) - United States. Commission to Liberia
- Date: 1910
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Image 36 of Affairs in Liberia: message from the President of the United States transmitting a … AFFAIRS IN LIBERIA 29 tion in the minds of the Liberians points therefore to the United States as the only country which can give them effective aid Of all Liberias friends she…
- Contributor: Falkner, Roland P. - Daniel Murray Collection (Library of Congress) - United States. Commission to Liberia
- Date: 1910
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Image 37 of Affairs in Liberia: message from the President of the United States transmitting a … 30 AFFAIRS IN LIBERIA These suggestions are 1 That the Government of the United States be requested to guarantee as far as practicable the independence and integrity of Liberia either alone or…
- Contributor: Falkner, Roland P. - Daniel Murray Collection (Library of Congress) - United States. Commission to Liberia
- Date: 1910
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Image 38 of Affairs in Liberia: message from the President of the United States transmitting a … AFFAIRS IN LIBERIA 31 Whether or not the Liberian requests can be granted in their en tirety there is in the traditional attitude of the United States and in the past history…
- Contributor: Falkner, Roland P. - Daniel Murray Collection (Library of Congress) - United States. Commission to Liberia
- Date: 1910
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Image 39 of Affairs in Liberia: message from the President of the United States transmitting a … 32 AFFAIRS IN LIBERIA By so doing the United States would be forced to assume a protec torate over Liberia which that Government has already been advised is out of the question…
- Contributor: Falkner, Roland P. - Daniel Murray Collection (Library of Congress) - United States. Commission to Liberia
- Date: 1910
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Image 40 of Affairs in Liberia: message from the President of the United States transmitting a … APFAJKS IN LIBERIA 33 V isting in Santo Domingo should be established By the refunding of the debt the Liberian treasury would be relieved of certain heavy payments which it is now…
- Contributor: Falkner, Roland P. - Daniel Murray Collection (Library of Congress) - United States. Commission to Liberia
- Date: 1910
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Title
- Affairs in Liberia: message from the President of the United States transmitting a letter of the Secretary of State submitting a report of the Commission which visited Liberia in pursuance of the provisions of the Deficiency Act of March 4, 1909, "to investigate the interests of the United States and its citizens in the Republic of Liberia, with the consent of the authoirities of said republic."
Names
- United States. Commission to Liberia
- Falkner, Roland P.
- Daniel Murray Collection (Library of Congress)
Created / Published
- [Washington, Govt. Print. Off., 1910]
Headings
- - Americans--Liberia
- - Liberia--Politics and government--To 1944
Notes
- - R.P. Falkner, George Sale, E.J. Scott, commissioners.
- - Also available in digital form.
Medium
- 37 p. 23 cm.
Call Number/Physical Location
- DT632 .U5
- DT632 .U5 Copy 3 Another copy. Bequest of Daniel Murray, 1925.
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Library of Congress Control Number
- 10035366
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- online text
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IIIF Presentation Manifest
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Contributor
- Daniel Murray Collection (Library of Congress)
- Falkner, Roland P.
- United States. Commission to Liberia