he case. It seemed to me that
such stories would be of general as well as local interest. If
you agree with me in this, Mr. Jourdain would without doubt
forward the clipping to you.

The first colored school-teacher in Boston, was Prince Sanders,
Secretary African Lodge F. & A. M., the first Lodge of colored
Masons in America. He taught a colored school in the basement of
the old Joy Street Church from 1809 to 1812. The first colored
school, private, was opened in 1798, at the residence of Primus
Hall, corner of West Cedar and Revere Streets, Boston, and was
taught by a white man, by name, Sylvester. Its curriculum was
limited to the three "R's."

I am sending you in mail with this a pamphlet copy of
"Proceedings" etc., on pp. 12, 16, 17, you will find statements
of services given by Prince Hall, of general as well as of local
interest and value.

Yours sincerely,
FREDERIC S. MONROE.

DOCUMENTS

LETTERS, ADDRESSES, AND THE LIKE THROWING LIGHT ON THE CAREER OF
LOTT CARY[1]

PHILADELPHIA, January 6, 1621 (1821).

The Board of Managers of the General Convention of the Baptist
Denomination in the United States, to their coloured brethren,
Collin Teage and Lott Carey, present the assurance of their
sincere affectionate esteem. They have heard with pleasure, that,
by a vessel about to sail from Norfolk to the coast of Africa, an
opportunity is presented for accomplishing those benevolent
desires which, for many months past, you have been led to
entertain. At the present time, they possess a deep anxiety for
your preservation in a country where so many colonists have
frequently found a grave. They most fervently commend you to the
gracious protection of that God in whose hand your breath is, and
whose are all your ways. May you make the Lord your refuge, even
the Most High your habitation. It is a source of much
encouragement that you will be able to collect useful information
from the experience of your predecessors; and it is hoped that by
the advice of your brethren who have already reached the shores
of your forefathers, you will be enabled to adopt the most
prudent measures for the health and safety of yourselves and
fa