Excerpt from Proceedings of the First Annual Meeting of the New-York State Anti-Slavery Society, Convened at Utica, October 19, 1836 The First Annual Meeting of the New-York State Anti-Slavery Society convened at Utica, on Wednesday, the 19th of October, 1836. About four hundred delegates appeared and took their scats in the Bleecker street church, at 10 o'clock A. M. The throne of grace was addressed by the Rev. Caleb Green, of Stillwater. Dr. Hiram Corliss, Vice President, from Washington County, was called to the chair, to preside over the deliberations of the meeting, assisted by Col. Reuben Sleeper, Vice President, from Livingston County, and Samuel Lightbody, Vice President, from Oneida County, and Wm. Green, Jr., Vice President, from New York. Select portions of Scripture were read by Rev. A. Savage of Utica. On motion, a Committee of three was appointed to nominate Secretaries, consisting of A. Stewart, Rev. A. Savage, and William Goodell, who reported the names of Josiah Andrews of Genessee, Co., P. V. Kellogg of Oneida Co., and R. G. Williams of New York, who were accordingly chosen. On motion, a Committee of five was appointed to take the names of delegates, consisting of the Rev. Ira Pettibone, Rev. L. H. Loss, Rev. L. Wilcox, S. Kellogg and John Eddy. On motion of Rev. O. Wetmore, a communication from Judge Jay, resigning his office as the President of the Society, was read by Wm. Goodell. On motion of A. Stewart, Esq., voted that the letter just read be published. On motion of Rev. Beriah Green, a letter from the Rev. S. S. Jocelyn was read. On motion of Dr. Welcome A. Clarke of Whitestown, voted that this and all other communications be handed over to the Executive Committee for their disposal. On motion of A. Stewart, Esq., voted that a Committee of nine be appointed to present business to this meeting. Wm. Green, Jr., Lorenzo Neely, Rev. A. Judson, Thomas C. Green, Beriah Green, Darlin Thompson, John Thomas, Lindley M. Moore, and Benj. Fish, were nominated and chosen as said Committee. On motion of A. Stewart, Esq., voted that a Committee of five be appointed by the chairman to nominate officers for the ensuing year. Rev. George Bourne, of NewYork, J. C. Delong, of Utica, Isaac Platt, of Delaware, Gurdon Grant, of Troy and Otis Clapp, of Palmyra, were appointed said Committee. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.