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Election by a Meeting of the Society for Promoting the Manumission of Slaves, 1 February 1803

Election by a Meeting of the Society for Promoting
the Manumission of Slaves1

New York, February 1, 1803. “… The Society proceeded to Ballot for their ann[u]al officers, when, on Counting the votes, the following persons appeared duly elected vizt … Alexander Hamilton … Consellor.…”

Ms “Minutes of the Society for Promoting the Manumission of Slaves,” NewYork Historical Society, New York City.

1. H was one of the original sponsors of the Society for Promoting the Manumission of Slaves and Protecting Such of Them as have been, or may be, Liberated, which was founded in 1785. H remained a member until his death. See “Attendance at a Meeting of the Society for Promoting the Manumission of Slaves,” February 4, 1785, note 1.

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    Hamilton, Alexander
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    1 February 1803

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    “Election by a Meeting of the Society for Promoting the Manumission of Slaves, 1 February 1803,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-26-02-0001-0061. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 26, 1 May 1802 – 23 October 1804, Additional Documents 1774–1799, Addenda and Errata, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1979, p. 81.]