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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.

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_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