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Notice of a meeting regarding slavery's extension, 16 December 1819

NOTICE

A meeting of the inhabitants of this city and county of Albany, is hereby requested at the capitol in the city of Albany, this evening, at six o'clock, for the purpose of expressing their opinions on the expediency of prohibiting the further extension of slavery in the United States.

JOHN TAYLER,

AMBROSE SPENCER,

STEPHEN VAN RENSSELAER,

JOHN LANSING, Jr.

P. S. VAN RENSSELAER,

SIMEON DE WITT,

ABRAHAM VAN VECHTEN,

MARTIN VAN BUREN,

CHARLES E. DUDLEY,

W. A. DUER,

WILLIAM JAMES,

JOHN VAN SCHAICK,

ISAIAH TOWNSEND,

BENJ. KNOWER,

BARENT BLEECKER,

JOHN TOWNSEND,

Committee.

Notes from this document in the hands of MVB and Smith Thompson Van Buren, c1856, were prepared for MVB's autobiography. 

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Source: Albany (N.Y.) Argus
Collection: N/A
Series: Series 3 (17 February 1815-2 December 1821)