REV. WM. WEBB, M. R. DELANY, H. G. WEBB, THOS. A. BROWN, JOHN
JONES, R. L. HAWKINS, SAMUEL VENERABLE, JOHN WILLIAMS, A. F.
HAWKINS, S. W. SANDERS, JEFFERSON MILLER, _Pittsburgh, Pa._; REV.
A. R. GREEN, P. L. JACKSON, J. H. MAHONEY, G. HARPER, JONATHAN
GREEN, H. A. JACKSON, E. R. PARKER, SAMUEL BRUCE, _Allegheny City_;
J. J. GOULD BIAS, M.D., REV. M. M. CLARK, A. M. SUMNER, JOHNSON
WOODLIN, _Philadelphia_; JAMES M. WHITFIELD, JOHN N. STILL, STANLEY
MATTHEWS, _New York_.
This Call was readily responded to by the addition of names from
other States, which appeared in subsequent issues.
* * * * *
At the Convention, which according to the Call sat in Cleveland
successively on Thursday, 24th, Friday, 25th, and Saturday, 26th of
August, 1854, the following States were represented: Rhode Island,
New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Indiana,
Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Louisiana, Virginia, and the
Canadas; the great body consisting of nearly sixteen hundred
persons. W. H. DAY, Esq., editor of the _Aliened American_, entered
the Convention, and the Chairman invited him forward, offering him
the privileges of the Convention, stating that wherever colored
people were, William Howard Day was free--whether or not he
altogether agreed in sentiment on minor points; and the Convention
unanimously concurred in the invitation given.
Mr. Day subsequently proffered to the Convention any books or
documents at his command for the use of that body.
The following permanent Institution was established:
ORGANIZATION OF THE NATIONAL BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
_Central Commissioners, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania_--M. R. DELANY,
President; WM. WEBB, Vice-President; THOS. A. BROWN, Treasurer;
EDW. R. PARKER, Auditor; CHAS. W. NIGHTEN, Secretary; PROFESSOR M.
H. FREEMAN, A.M., Special For. Sec.; SAMUEL VENERABLE, ALFRED H.
JOHNS, SAMUEL BRUCE, PARKER SORRELL.
DEPARTMENTS
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