Excerpt from Minutes of North Carolina Yearly Meeting of Friends, Held at New Garden, on Second-Day the 6th of Eleventh Month, 1865 1 te-'ird' day morning the nds met near the time adjourned to. Representatives report that they have conferred together, e N creus Mendenhall for Clerk, and ls'ham. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

These minutes include reports and advice on many topics, especially attendance at Meetings, love and unity among members, plainness and moderation, use of liquor, testimony against war and a hireling ministry, the needs of poor Friends, training of children, and reading Holy Scripture. Also at this meeting, a committee was formed to help Freedmen to employment and education and to foster their general welfare.

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