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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 By: Zachariah Poulson (1761-1844) |
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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,
William Walton Woolsey. Pennsylvania Society. William Rawle,
Robert Patterson,
Benjamin Rush,
Samuel Coates,
Caspar Wistar,
James Todd,
Benjamin Say. Delaware Society. Richard Bassett,
John Ralston,
Allen McLane,
Caleb Boyer. Wilmington Society ( state of Delaware .) Cyrus Newlin,
James A. Byard,
Joseph Warner,
William Poole. Maryland Society. Samuel Sterett,
Adam Fonerdon,
Joseph Townsend,
Joseph Thornburgh,
George Buchanan,
John Bankson,
Philip Moore. Chester town Society ( state of Maryland .) Edward Scott,
James Houston. Of whom the following appeared and took their seats, viz. Jonathan Edwards,
Uriah Tracy,
Zephaniah Swift,
William Johnson,
Lawrence Embree,
William Dunlap,
William Walton Woolsey,
William Rawle,
Robert Patterson,
Benjamin Rush,
Samuel Coates,
Caspar Wistar,
James Todd,
Benjamin Say,
Richard Bassett,
Caleb Boyer,
Cyrus Newlin,
Joseph Warner,
Samuel Sterett,
Joseph Townsend,
Joseph Thornburgh,
John Bankson,
Philip Moore,
Edward Scott,
James Houston. The Convention proceeded to the election of a President, and, on
counting the ballots, it appeared, that Benjamin Rush was duly elected. Walter Franklin, one of the Secretaries of the Pennsylvania Abolition
Society, was appointed Secretary, and Joseph Fry, Doorkeeper. Agreed, That all questions, which shall come before this Convention, be
decided by a majority of the votes of the members present, and that
every motion, when seconded, shall, if required by the President, or
any member, be reduced to writing. The address, from the last Convention, to the different Abolition
Societies in the United States, was then read; after which, several
written and verbal communications were made. Jonathan Edwards, William Dunlap, Caspar Wistar, Cyrus Newlin, Caleb
Boyer, Philip Moore, and James Houston, were appointed a committee to
consider of, and report, the objects proper for the attention of this
Convention, and the most suitable means of attaining the same. Ordered, That the several communications, made this evening, be
referred to the above committee, and that the members of the Convention
be requested to impart to them such information as they may possess,
relative to the object of their appointment. Adjourned till to morrow evening at five o'clock.
January 8th. 1795. The Convention met. Present Jonathan Edwards, Uriah Tracy, Zephaniah Swift, William
Johnson, Lawrence Embree, William Dunlap, William Walton Woolsey,
William Rawle, Robert Patterson, Samuel Coates, Caspar Wistar, James
Todd, Benjamin Say, Richard Bassett, Caleb Boyer, Cyrus Newlin, Joseph
Warner, Joseph Townsend, Joseph Thornburgh, John Bankson, Philip Moore,
Edward Scott, James Houston. The President being absent, Uriah Tracy was appointed to preside for
the evening. An extract, from the minutes of the proceedings of a general meeting of
the New Jersey Abolition Society, was read, by which it appeared, that
Joseph Bloomfield, William Coxe, junior, James Sloan, John Wistar, and
Franklin Davenport, were elected to represent that Society in this
Convention, of whom, William Coxe, junior, James Sloan, and Franklin
Davenport, appeared and took their seats... Continue reading book >>
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