Excerpt from The African Repository, and Colonial Journal, Vol. 8: January, 1833
Believing that the object is of vast consequence, they are of opinion that its promotion abou'd be urged by all the means at the command of this Society, who may reasonably hope that those, to whose benefit these liberal means are applied, will themselves appreciate its importance, and cordially co operate in fortifying and extending it.
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