Montgomery (N.Y.) Farmers & Mechanicks Debating Society and Good-Will Debating Society record book 1823-1825, 1840-1846 Montgomery (N.Y.) Farmers & Mechanicks Debating Society and Good-Will Debating Society record book

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Montgomery (N.Y.) Farmers & Mechanicks Debating Society and Good-Will Debating Society record book 1823-1825, 1840-1846 Montgomery (N.Y.) Farmers & Mechanicks Debating Society and Good-Will Debating Society record book

Two debating societies based in Montgomery, New York, recorded their constitutions and meeting minutes in this volume in the early to mid-19th century. At weekly meetings, members debated questions related to politics, morality, and other subjects, though religious topics were banned.

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William L. Clements Library

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Farmers & Mechanicks Debating Society of Montgomery (Montgomery, N.Y.)

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The Farmers & Mechanicks Debating Society of Montgomery, New York, adopted a constitution on February 11, 1823, and met weekly until at least January 1825. In December 1840, a group of Montgomery residents adapted the constitution of the old debating society and created the Good-Will Debating Society, in the Town of Montgomery. This group met weekly until at least January 1846. From the guide to the Montgomery (N.Y.) Farmers & Mechanicks Debating Society and Good...

Burns, Robert, 1759-1796

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Good-Will Debating Society, in the Town of Montgomery (Montgomery, N.Y.)

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The Farmers & Mechanicks Debating Society of Montgomery, New York, adopted a constitution on February 11, 1823, and met weekly until at least January 1825. In December 1840, a group of Montgomery residents adapted the constitution of the old debating society and created the Good-Will Debating Society, in the Town of Montgomery. This group met weekly until at least January 1846. From the guide to the Montgomery (N.Y.) Farmers & Mechanicks Debating Society and Good...