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[Identification of item], Seamen's Friend Society of Wilmington Records, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.
The Seamen's Friend Society of Wilmington Records were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library as a purchase in 1969 and 1979.
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Encoded by Kimberly Sims, July 2011
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Society located in Wilmington, N.C., that raised money through rental of land and buildings to make anonymous donations to various charities. Dissolved in 1963.
Correspondence, legal and financial papers, ledger (1853-1923), and memoranda, of a society organized for the improvement of the social, moral, and religious condition of seamen who visited the port of Wilmington, N.C. The society also operated a hospital.
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