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Memorial from the Yearly Meeting of Quakers

  • 9/28/1789

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This antislavery memorial was adopted at the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of approximately 1,000 Quakers from Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, and the western parts of Maryland and Virginia and sent to Congress.

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This primary source comes from the Records of the U.S. Senate.

National Archives Identifier: 17364178

Full Citation: Memorial from the Yearly Meeting of Quakers from Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Western Maryland, and Western Virginia, Signed by Nicholas Waln; 9/28/1789; Petitions and Memorials and Resolutions of State Legislatures Submitted to the 1st Congress, 1789 – 1791; Petitions and Related Documents That Were Presented, Read, or Tabled, 1789 – 1966; Records of the U.S. Senate, Record Group 46; National Archives Building, Washington, D.C.. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/1-memorial-yearly-meeting/, March 12, 2026]

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