New Anti-Slavery Society, in New Bedford

A NEW ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETY                   New Bedford, Jan 26, 1847

A meeting of the friends of the slave was held on the above evening, in the Rev. Mr. Leland’s school-room, for the purpose of forming an Anti-Slavery Society, auxiliary to the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society.

Officers elected:    President:  John F. Emerson      Vice President:  Daniel Ricketson      Secretary and Treasurer:    Wm. C. Coffin       Corresponding Secretary:  Wm. P. Atkinson     Counsellors:  John Bailey,  Caroline Weston,  Solomon Peneton,   Grace F. Emerson,  N.A. Borden

                                              (Liberator, Feb 5, 1847, pg 3)