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.
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 recommendationof the Convention, held in this citylast year, a number of Delegates, from theseveral Abolition Societies in the UnitedStates, assembled, this day, at the City Hall,when, by the credentials produced, it appeared,that the following persons had beenchosen to represent their respective Societiesin 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,
[Pg 5]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 tooktheir 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,
[Pg 6]Joseph Thornburgh,
John Bankson,
Philip Moore,
Edward Scott,
James Houston.
The Convention proceeded to the electionof a President, and, on counting the ballots,it appeared, that Benjamin Rush was dulyelected.
Walter Franklin, one of the Secretariesof the Pennsylvania Abolition Society, wasappointed Secretary, and Joseph Fry, Doorkeeper.
Agreed, That all questions, which shallcome before this Convention, be decided bya