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6o BULLETIN OF FRIENDS' HISTORICAL SOCIETY ANNUAL MEETING 191 1. The Seventh Annual Meeting of Friends' Historical Society of Philadelphia was held on the afternoon and evening of Second Month 4th, 191 1, at 20 S. Twelfth Street, Philadelphia. During the afternoon the exhibit of a goodly number of manuscripts, books, pictures, portraits, some pieces of furniture, silverware, and other articles of historical interest loaned by members and their friends for the occasion, proved to be the center of much interest to those present. The exhibit was arranged in the Committee Room of the Meeting House, where ample provision was made for the smaller articles in glass cases, and most of the pictures and portraits were displayed on the wall. After some time had been devoted to examination of the exhibit , Lucy B. Roberts presided over an informal meeting, during which interesting descriptions and history of some of the exhibits were given. Lucy B. Roberts read a manuscript letter written by William Penn soon after the death of his wife, Gulielma Maria Springett Penn; also a letter of Major-General Gist, written from Plymouth Meeting House, Pennsylvania, during the Revolution. Professor Allen C. Thomas read some selections from letters and manuscripts which he exhibited. Joshua L. Baily told some interesting incidents in describing the large collections of historical pictures and portraits, which he had loaned, and had especially arranged for the occasion. Some beautiful pieces of silver, including a cream pitcher presented to James Logan by William Penn, bearing the Logan crest, were described by Rachel Smith Howland. Some account of " The Battle-Door for Teachers and Professors ," by George Fox, Benjamin Furley, and John Stubs, was given by Amelia Mott Gummere. Richard P. Tatum gave some account of Edward Randolph, (1754-1837), of whom a large oil portrait was on exhibit. Hannah P. Morris told some incidents relating to the exhibit of some relics from the Morris family. ANNUAL MEETING, 1911.61 Francis R. Taylor called attention to Richard Jordan's pocket book, which he carried on his religious visit to the South of France, containing his Passport and his Returning Minute from Friends of Congenies, France, to Friends of Rich Square, North Carolina, signed by Louis Majolier. The serving of tea to the members and invited guests in the tea room of the Meeting House, was a pleasant social feature of the occasion. The business meeting was held in the evening with Amelia Mott Gummere presiding, in the absence of the President and Vice-Presidents. Dr. Edward Raymond Turner, of Bryn Mawr College, gave the address of the evening on " The Attitude of Friends Towards Slavery After the Revolution." Dr. Turner gave an interesting and concise account of the efforts of Friends in freeing their slaves and their subsequent work of educating and befriending the free negroes. He spoke of the intense hatred of the negro that existed, which frequently led to violence shown to them and to those who sympathized with them, and instanced the burning of Pennsylvania Hall, in Philadelphia , in 1838. He told of the origin of the abolition and antislavery societies, with which many Friends were actively associated . After the address, Joshua L. Bailey and Professor Allen C. Thomas gave some reminiscences relating to Pennsylvania Hall, and the poet Whittier. Francis R. Taylor told something of the work of the Free Produce Association, which was an effort on behalf of Friends and others to supply commodities produced without slave labor. ...