mble in this
city, on the first Wednesday of May, in the year 1797.

It gives us pleasure to learn, from various reports which were
laid before us, that most of the recommendations made by the
former Conventions, had received a considerable degree of
attention, from the several societies to whom they were
addressed. But, as they have not been uniformly and perfectly
complied with, permit us to repeat the request, _so far as the
same may be applicable to your society_, that you transmit to the
next Convention, certified copies of all such laws, in any wise
respecting slavery, as are now in force, as have been repealed,
or may hereafter be enacted--Correct lists of the officers of
your society, for the time being, and also the names of all your
members, and their places of abode--An account of the proceedings
of your society, in relieving Africans and others unlawfully held
in bondage--A statement of the condition of the blacks, both bond
and free, in your state, with respect to the property of the
free, and the employment and moral conduct of all--Reports of
such trials and decisions of the Courts of Judicature, relative
to Africans, as may have taken place--An account of the endeavors
which have been used to obtain a repeal or amelioration of the
laws respecting slavery--information concerning what has been
done, in pursuance of the recommendation of the last Convention,
to establish periodical discourses on the subject of slavery, and
the means of its abolition--And finally, a report of the progress
you have made in extending to Africans the benefits of education.
And we further request, that whatever communications may be made
to the next, or to any future Convention, in consequence of the
above recommendations, be presented in the form of regular
written reports, noticing in what manner and degree you have
carried them into effect, and how far your efforts have been
ineffectual. By this means there will be exhibited such a view of
the state of each Society, as that the several reports may be
entered on the minutes of the Convention, who will thereby be
better enabled to decide on the propriety of making public such
parts of these communications as may be best adapted to advance
the cause of truth and humanity.

And as very important