The United States Universalist Convention for 1865 meets in Middletown, Connecticut

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The General Convention of the Universalists of the United States opened in the morning in Middletown, Connecticut with 51 delegates representing ten states.  The main business of the gathering was the announcement that a new constitution for the movement had been approved.  The convention closed three days later with the next meeting being set for Galesburg, Illinois in late September, 1866.  (By John Osborne)
Source Citation
The American Cyclopeadia and Register of Important Events of the Year 1865 ... (New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1869), 810-811.
General Convention of Universalists, Minutes of the Proceedings of the General Convention of Universalists for the Year 1865 (Middletown, CT: The Convention, 1865)
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