When the time came the Convention assembled in Bethel Church, the historic building in which was laid the foundation of the A. M. E. denomination. The convention was organized by the election of Bishop Allen as President, Dr. Belfast Burton of Philadelphia and Austin Steward of Rochester, N. Y., as Vice Presidents, Junius C. Morell, Secretary, and Robert Cowley, Maryland, Assistant Secretary. Seven States were represented by duly accredited delegates as follows: PENNSYLVANIA--Richard Allen, Belfast Burton, Cyrus Black, Junius C. Morell, Benjamin Paschall, James Cornish, William Whipper, Peter Gardiner, John Allen, James Newman, Charles H. Leveck, Frederick A. Hinton. NEW YORK--Austin Steward, Joseph Adams, George L. Brown. CONNECTICUT--Scipio Augustus. RHODE ISLAND--George C. Willis, Alfred Niger. MARYLAND--James Deaver, Hezekiah Grice, Aaron Willson, Robert Cowley. DELAWARE--Abraham D. Shadd. VIRGINIA--Arthur M. Waring, William Duncan, James West, Jr. In addition to these there were honorary members as follows: PENNSYLVANIA--Robert Brown, William Rogers, John Bowers, Richard Howell, Daniel Peterson, Charles Shorts. NEW YORK--Leven Williams. MARYLAND--James P. Walker, Rev. Samuel Todd, John Arnold. OHIO--John Robinson. NEW JERSEY--Sampson Peters. DELAWARE--Rev. Anthony Campbell and Dan Carolus Hall. They may well be called the first "forty immortals" in our Valhalla. The question of emigration to Canada West, after an exhaustive discussion which continued during the two days of the convention's sessions, was recommended as a measure of relief against the persecution from which the colored American suffered in many places in the North. Strong resolutions against the American Colonization Society were adopted. The formation of a parent society with auxiliaries in the different localities represented in the convention, for the purpose of raising money to defray the object of purchasing a colony in the province of upper Canada, and ascertaining more definite information, having been effected, the convention adjourned to reassemble on the first Monday in June, 1831, during which time the order of the convention respecting the organization of the auxiliary societies had been carried into operation. At the assembling of the Convention in 1831, which was fully reported in "The Liberator," the officers elected were, John Bowers, Philadelphia, President, Abraham D. Shadd and William Duncan, Vice Presidents, William Whipper, Secretary, Thomas L. Jennings, Assistant Secretary.