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(AFRICA.) Act of Incorporation and By-Laws of the Maryland State Colonization Society . . . Constitution and Ordinances of Maryland in Liberia. Baltimore, MD: J.D. Toy, [1834] [2], 32 pages. 12mo, 7¼ x 4¼ inches, disbound, title page detached and lacking bottom inch with loss of date, inked number on title page, minor wear, light vertical fold. The founding documents of "Maryland in Liberia," a neighboring colony to the east of Liberia. After its founding by the Maryland Colonization Society in 1834, it declared independence in 1854, and then merged into the nation of Liberia in 1857. The land is now the County of Maryland, in Liberia's southeast corner. None traced at auction since 1866. Afro-Americana 6460; Sabin 45243. With--another partial copy consisting only of pages 9-32, containing in full the "Constitution of Maryland in Liberia."