The committee appointed to take into consideration the propriety of forming a Western N.Y. Anti-Slavery Society, submitted the following resolution: ……………………. A committee consisting of J.A. Collins, Lewis Burtiss, Cyrus Thompson, Sampson Robbins, Sylvia P. Mead, Mary Ann McClintock, Pliny Sexton, Amy Port, J.C. Hathaway adjourned, and met again at 2 o’clock P.M………. Officers chosen: President: Samuel D. Porter, Rochester; VicePresidents: ten people listed by towns; Executive Committee: 19 people, listed by towns; Corresponding Secretary: J.C. Hathaway; Recording Secretaries: Nelson Bostwick, John Kedzie; Treasurer: Benjamin Fish.
(Liberator, Jan 6, 1843, pg 2)
