1816, informing him of the
activities in Washington and asked for information about Africa. He
added a postscript: "If the general government were to request you to
go out for the purpose of exploring in your own vessel would you
engage in this service if offered proper support?" Cuffe Manuscripts,
Samuel J. Mills to Paul Cuffe, December 26, 1916.

[287] The signers of this Constitution are given by Sunderland,
"Liberian Colonization," _Liberian Bulletin_, No. 16, 20, as follows:

_Signers of American Colonization Society, December 28, 1816._

H. Clay Jno. Loockerman John Taylor
E. B. Caldwell Jno. Woodside Overton Carr
Thos. Dougherty Wm. Dudley Diggs P. H. Wendover
Stephen B. Balch Thos. Carberry F. S. Key
Jno. Chambers, Jr. Samuel J. Mills Charles Marsh
Thos. Patterson Geo. A. Carroll David M. Forest
John Randolph of Roanoke W. G. D. Worthington John Wiley
Rob't H. Goldsborough John Lee Nathan Lufborough
Wm. Thornton Richard Bland Lee William Meade
George Clark D. Murray William H. Wilmer
James Laurie Robert Finley Geo. Travers
J. T. Stull B. Allison Edm. I. Lee
Dan'l Webster B. L. Lear John P. Todd
J. C. Herbert W. Jones Bushrod Washington
Wm. Simmons J. Mason
E. Forman Mord. Booth
Ferdinand Fairfax J. S. Shaaf
V. Maxsy Geo. Peter

[288] The other officers were as follows:

William H. Crawford of Georgia
Henry Clay of Kentucky
William Phillips of Massachusetts
Col. Henry Rutgers of New York
John E. Howard }
Samuel Smith } of Maryland
John C. Herbert }
John Taylor of Caroline, of Virginia
Andrew Jackson of Tennessee
Robert Ralston }
Richard Rush } of Pennsylvania

John Mason of the District of Columbia
Robert Finley of New Jersey

These were the thirteen vice presidents.

Elias B. Caldwell, Secretary
William G. D. Worthington, Recorder
David English, Treasurer

Francis S. Key
Walter Jones
John Laird
Rev. Dr. James L