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New England Branch Freedmen's Union Commission.
(Recently New England Freedmen's Aid Society.) 

"This Commission is constituted to aid and co-operate with the people of the South, without distinction of race or color, in the improvement of their condition, upon the basis of industry, education, freedom, and Christian morality. No schools or supply depots shall be maintained from the benefits of which any shall be excluded because of color."— Art. II., Constitution. 

President, 
Hon. John A. Andrew 

Vice Presidents, 
Rev. Jacob M. Manning.      Rev. William Hague, D.D. 
Edward Atkinson.            Edward L. Pierce.
Rev. Edward E. Hale.        Rev. R.C. Waterston. 
Hon. Jacob Sleeper.         Dr. LE Bardon Russell.
Rev. J.F. Clarke, D.D.      William Lloyd Garrison. 
Dr. Robert W. Hooper.       Rev. H.M. Dexter, D.D. 
Prof. William B Rogers.     Hon. Thomas Russell.
Rev. E.S. Gannet, D.D.      Rev. George H. Hepworth. 
Edward S. Philbrick         Rev. A.A. Miner, D.D. 

Maine,                      Vermont, 
His Excellency, S. Cony.    Hon. C.W. Willard. 
Hon. I. Washburne, Jr.      Hon. A.B. Gardner. 
                            Rev. Norman Seaver. 

New Hampshire,              Rhode Island, 
Hon. I Goodwin.             Hon. Seth Padelford. 
T.H. Leverett.              John Carter Brown. 

General Secretary, 
J.H. Chapin, 8 Studio Building. 

Recording Secretary,
J.A Lane, 43 Franklin Street

Assistant Secretary, 
R.F. Wallcut, 8 Studio Building. 

Treasurer, 
Edward W. Hooper, 20 State Street. 

Auditor, 
William Endicott, Jr., No. 33 Summer Street.

Executive Committee. 
Rev. John Parkman, 8 Studio Building
Prof. F.J. Child, Cambridge
Mrs. Ednah D. Cheney, 8 Studio Building.
Edward W. Hooper, 20 State Street.
Cadwallader Curry, 55 Milk Street.

Committee on Teachers.
Rev. John Parkman, 8 Studio Building.
Miss H.E. Stevenson, Sec., 8 Studio Building.
Mrs. Ednah D. Cheney, 8 Studio Building.
Rev. Charles Lowe, 26 Chauncey Street.
Hon. Martin Brimmer, 48 Beacon Street.
Mrs. J.A. Lane, 623 Tremont Street.
Miss E.S. Hooper, 8 Studio Building.
Mrs. Eben Cutter, 11 Edinboro' Street.

Committee on Clothing and Supplies.
Fred W.G. May, 2 Broad Street
Mrs. Samuel Cabot, 11 Park Square.
Mrs. William B. Rogers, 1 Temple Place.
Mrs. A.L. Merrill, 154 Newton Street.
Miss Lucy Ellis, 114 Boylston Street.
L.P. Rowland, Jr., 5 Tremont Temple.

Committee on Correspondence
Francis J. Child, Cambridge.
Dr. H.I. Bowditch, 113 Boylston Street.
Dr. Samuel Cabot, 11 Park Square.
Charles A. Cummings, 9 Studio Building.
Rev. Fred. Frothingham, Brattleboro', Vt.

Committee on Finance.
William Endicott, Jr., 33 Summer Street.
Hon. Martin Brimmer, 48 Beacon Street.
E.W. Kinsley, 37 Franklin Street.
Cadwallader Curry, 55 Milk Street.
Charles R. Codman, 7 Park Square.
Miss Abby W. May, 27 Hollis Street.
Edward Harris, Woonsocket, R.I.
Henry Loomis, Burlington, Vt.

All supplies for Freedmen should be addressed, "L.P. Rowland, No. 5, Tremont Temple, Boston, Mass., For Fr. Union Commission. From [[line]]."
Each package should contain an invoice of the contents; and a duplicate copy should be sent by mail to L.P. Rowland, 8 Studio Building, Boston, Mass.

Transcription Notes:
Committees are listed in 2 columns; transcription has names from the left column followed by the right