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Foster, Theodore (1752-1828) Minutes of the proceedings of the third convention of delegates from the abolition societies established in different parts of the United States, assembled at Philadelphia...

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05833 Author/Creator: Foster, Theodore (1752-1828) Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Pamphlet Date: 1796 Pagination: 1 v. : 32 p. ; 21 x 13 cm. Order a Copy

(title continues)... on the first day of January, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-six, and continued, by adjournments, until the seventh day of the same month, inclusive. Printed by Zachariah Poulson, Jr. Cites the names of delegates from the abolitionist societies of Providence, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Wilmington, Maryland, and Virginia. Theodore Foster is listed as president of the convention, and Thomas Pim Cope as secretary. Some pages are separated from binding.

Poulson, Zachariah, 1761-1844
Foster, Theodore, 1752-1828
Cope, Thomas Pim, 1768-1854

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