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This advertisement in The Liberator notifies the public of a course of lectures sponsored by the Adelphic Union Library Association. Charles A. Battiste, William C. Nell, and other leading young African-American men of Boston organized this…

The Liberator published this list of officers of the Adelphic Union Library Association, which organized literary events for young African-American men in Boston. Charles A. Battiste (Sr.) joined other young men from activist African-American…

This notice, published by The Liberator, provided the calendar of lectures in a course offered by the Adelphic Union Library Association. Charles A. Battiste (Sr.) was one of the officers of this association. Lectures featured leading abolitionists…

Notice in The Liberator of a course of lectures sponsored by the Adelphic Union Library Association, organized by Charles A. Battiste (Sr.) and other leading young African-American men in Boston to promote literary life and abolition. This lecture…

A directory of War Department Employees.

Index of marriages in Boston listing the marriage of Charles A. Battiste, Sr. to Martha A. Sumner in 1840.

Index of deaths and internments in Boston showing that Charles A. Battiste, Sr. died of consumption in 1848. The Joseph Battiste listed above him (dying in 1831) may have been his father.

Record of the death of Charles A. Battiste (Jr.) in 1861. Battiste also died of consumption, also known as Phthiris. He died at Deer Island, which was the location of the Boston almshouse for the poor and destitute.

Catalog showing students and faculty at Central College.

This article in the Carlson League Paper describes a meeting of Central College students and faculty to celebrate Gerrit Smith's election to Congress.