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Title: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Second Convention of Delegates from the Abolition Societies Established in Different Parts of the United States
Assembled at Philadelphia, on the seventh day of January,
one thousand seven hundred and ninety-five, and continued,
by adjournments, until the fourteenth day of the same
month, inclusive
Author: Zachariah Poulson
Release Date: December 27, 2009 [EBook #30772]
Language: English
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MINUTES
OF THE
PROCEEDINGS
OF THE SECOND
Convention of Delegates
FROM THE
ABOLITION SOCIETIES
Established in different Parts of the United States,
ASSEMBLED AT
_PHILADELPHIA_,
ON THE SEVENTH DAY OF JANUARY, ONE THOUSAND SEVEN
HUNDRED AND NINETY-FIVE, AND CONTINUED, BY
ADJOURNMENTS, UNTIL THE FOURTEENTH DAY
OF THE SAME MONTH, INCLUSIVE.
[Illustration: (decoration)]
_PHILADELPHIA:_
PRINTED BY ZACHARIAH POULSON, JUNR. NUMBER EIGHTY,
CHESNUT-STREET, EIGHT DOORS BELOW THIRD-STREET,
MDCCXCV.
MINUTES
OF THE
PROCEEDINGS
OF THE SECOND
Convention of Delegates.
_Philadelphia, Wednesday, January 7th. 1795._
Agreeably to the recommendation of the Convention, held in this city
last year, a number of Delegates, from the several Abolition Societies
in the United States, assembled, this day, at the City Hall, when, by
the credentials produced, it appeared, that the following persons had
been chosen to represent their respective Societies in this Convention:
_Connecticut Society._
Jonathan Edwards,
Uriah Tracy,
Zephaniah Swift.
_New-York Society._
John Murray, junior,
William Johnson,
Lawrence Embree,
William Dunlap,
Wil
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