Brooklyn, Ct., March 31, 1835
Mr. Garrison: It is with peculiar pleasure that I announce to you the formation of an Anti-Slavery Society in this place. The Society shall be called the Brooklyn Anti-Slavery Society, Auxiliary to the Windham County Anti-Slavery Society…
The following officers were chosen: Abijah Bigelow, Esq., President; Rev. Tbihomas Huntington, Vice President; Herbert Williams, Esq., Cor. Secretary; James B. Whitcomb, Recording Secretary; Edwin Cady, Treasurer Signed by James Whitcomb
(Liberator, April 11, 1835,pg 3)