OF THE

På STATE TEMPERANCE CONVENTION:

HELD AT

HARRISBURG, PENN.

January 13 and 14, 1841.

Harrisburg :

PRINTED AT THE OFFICE OF THE "GOSPEL PUBLISHER:"

JOHN F. WEISHAMPEL, PRINTER.

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HARRISBURG, January 13th, 1841.

The Delegates to the State Temperance Convention assembled this morning at 11 o'clock, in the Methodist Episcopal Church, and were organized by the appointment of the Hon. John C. Bucher, of Harrisburg, Chairman, and John C. Copper, of Philadelphia, and D. W. Gross, of Harrisburg, Secretaries, pro tem.

The Rev. W. Barnes, of Harrisburg, then offered up a solemn prayer to the Throne of Grace.

The following gentlemen presented their credentials, which were accepted, viz:

Rev. A. Barnes and Leonard Jewell, Esq., from the Pennsylvania State Temperance Society.

Rev. Anthony Atwood, Thomas Wattson, Esq., and George H. Burgin, M. D., Philadelphia Temperance and Benevolent Associa

tion.

Rev. Ignatius Cooper, Rev. Joseph Walker, Joseph Weaver, Jr., and Henry Dean, Delaware county Temperance Society.

Davis Goheen and Joseph Cottrell, Columbia Temperance Society.

Thomas Brewer and David Shepherd, Fort Hunter Temperance Society.

Alexander Gray and Charles Fuller, Luzerne county Temperance Society.

Rev. J. M. Challess, Lower Dublin Temperance Society.

John C. Copper and Joseph Hoops, Philadelphia city and county Temperance Society.

Robert Miller, John Dolson, John Balsley, Elijah Wise and John Kirk, New Cumberland Temperance Society.

Hon. E.Kingsbury, Jr., Rev. J. B. Graves and J. J. Allen, Wayne county Temperance Society.

Rev. John Woolson, Temperance Beneficial Association, Southwark Branch, No. 1.

William C. Poulson, Temperance Beneficial Society, Central Branch, No. 6.

Charles W. Laing, Temperance Beneficial Association, City Branch, No. 7.

Nathan Siegfried, Spring Garden Temperance Beneficial Society.

James Rowe, Beneficial Association, Eastburn Branch, No. 9.

Col. T. Robinson, Temperance Beneficial Association, Tyng Branch, No. 10.

William W. Barnes, Temperance Beneficial Association, Southern Branch, No. 11.

John Whiteman, Esq., Temperance Beneficial Association, Moyamensing Branch, No. 12.

Rev. John A. Boyl, Philadelphia Temperance Beneficial Society, No. 13.

Phineas Bowen, Temperance Beneficial Association, Gillette Branch, No. 15.

Rev. A. D. Gillette, Walter J. Roberts and James Durnell, Total Abstinence Society of the 11th Baptist Congregation, Philadelphia. Rev. T. Brainerd, Southwark Temperance Society, Northern Branch, No. 3.

Hon. J. C. Bucher, Geo. Oglesby, W. K. Coulston, W. Vanhorn, Mord. McKinney, Esq., G. P. Wiestling, E. Zollinger, Levi Weaver, A. Buffington, J. Y. Blackwell, A. Armstrong, Geo. H. Small, Jas. W. Weir, Joel Hinckley and W. F. Fahnestock, Harrisburg Total Abstinence Beneficial Society.

Rev. W. R. DeWitt, D. D., Rev. J. H. Smaltz, Rev. J. F. Mesick, Rev. W. Barnes, Rev. C. F. Shaffer, D. W. Gross, R. F. Kelker, H. C. Hickok, W. H. Lochman, J. C. Wiestling, John Gallager, John J. Speel, J. Sayford, R. J. Fleming, Stephen Miller, S. D. Ingram, R. McElwee, P. C. Keller, D. Fleming, V. Egle, J. B. Keyser, L. N. Ott, Esq., A. Troxel and Joseph Allison, Young Men's and Young Ladies' Total Abstinence Society of Harrisburg.

Vincent Palen, John F. Weishampel, E. S. Garman and M. Osman, Harrisburg Young Men's Total Abstinence Society.

Samuel S. Wharton, Huntingdon Temperance Society. Rev. James Curren, George Adams, Milton E. Worrell and James Crawford, Margaretta Temperance Society, York county.

Rev. J. P. Durbin, Rev. J. Ulrich, Rev. L. Scott, Rev. W. M. Hall, Rev. D. McKinley, Prof. M. Caldwell, Geo. Keller, J. Fetter, L. G. Brandeberry, J. Philips, J. Sanderson, H. Duffield, J. Holbert and S. Elliott, Cumberland county Temperance Society.

Samuel M. Leiper, Friendship Total Abstinence Society of Ridley township, Delaware county.

Rev. Wm. M'Comb, Rev. Henry E. Gilroy, William J. Robinson, Martin Ryon and James Brown, Dauphin Total Abstinence Society.

Rev. A. H. Lochman, C. A. Morris, John Voglesong, Dr. J. W. Kerr, W. Jones, L. Oswald, G. K. Kane, W. Sayres, John Taylor and David Kraber, York county Temperance Society.

Thomas N. McMichael and Jacob Painter, Sunbury Total Abstinence Society.

John Kinser, Union Temperance Society.

Rev. W. Bahnson, Rev. Mr. Brettell, Rev. D. D. Lore, Rev. Mr. Pool, Rev. Mr. Bates, Rev. Mr. Glessner, Messrs. Bomberger, Day, Bryson, Markley, Brown, and Moore, Lancaster city Temperance Society.

Daniel Gorden and Enos Conner, Union Lancaster county Temperance Society.