On Thursday evening of last week, a large and enthusiastic meeting of working-men was held in Faneuil Hall to arouse public attention to the work of reform called the eight hour movement. Mr. James L. Babcock was chairman of the meeting. Resolutions expressive of the wishes and purposes of the working men were read by Mr. Ira Stewart, (the writer of a valuable pamphlet on the same subject.) and were passed by the meeting before adjournment. …………speeches were made by the President of the meeting, Major Mahan, Wendell Phillips, others ………………
(Liberator, November 10, 1865, pg 2)
