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Pouglis Literary Society Limited Charter Record
A deed filed in Caddo Parish Louisiana on December 20 1897 establishes the Pouglis Literary Society Limited of Shreveport for 99 years. It names initial directors including J S Jackson Luke Allen Jr James R Starks and W H Flynn with officers Iyagi deat Lake Allen vice president LS Brown secretary and H W Duncan treasurer, details stock at 50000 shares of $1 each, charitable and non sectarian aims to train colored youths in mechanical arts, and provisions for governance dissolution and liquidation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
Louisiana
Unddo
Val. Wicks
Louiana
Pouglis Literary Society Limited
Shreveport
Caddo Parish
Widows and Orphans Home
Caddo
J. 8
Jackson
Luke Allen
James R Starks
William C. Curlin
John H. Patterson
R. L. Whaley
Sam Jones
William M. Wallace
W. H. Flynn
H. W. Duncan
E. C. Cooper
J. M. Blocker
L. E. B. Rosser
Board of
Iyagi Deat
Lake Allen
LS. Brown
HH. Flynn
Pannie Webster
John N. Hicks
T. Abbott