(a) Received for support of a Domestic Missionary in Boston 712 00 Received on account of Tracts sold 154 97 $3969 45 Total amount of receipts EXPENDITURES. Donation to Society in Harrisburg, Penn. Society in Augusta, Georgia Mr Farr, for preaching at Brooklyn, Conn. while Rev. (b) 65,500 Tracts including paper, printing, &c. 100 00 100 00 60 00 1725 17 Amount carried forward $1985 17 (a) Received from Ladies of Brattle Street Society 100 00 66 66 Federal Street Society 174 00 West Boston Society 85 00 New South Society 150 00 New North Society 50 00 Twelfth Congregational Church 65 00 47 00 Received by hands of Rev. Dr. Tuckerman (b) Tract No. 1. The Faith once delivered to the Saints 3 editions 2. One Hundred Scriptural Arguments, 3 eds. 41 00 $712 00 9,500 8,000 Amount brought forward Travelling Expenses of Agents Rev. E. Q. Sewall for editing the Christian Reg ister Extra copies, new types &c. Deduct received from Mr D. Reed, allowance for new subscribers to the Christian Register, Printing Circulars, Certificates &c. 1985 17 498 05 230 00 73 74 303 74 58 73 245 01 50 00 38 67 300 00 Advertising, Account Books, Collecting Subscriptions, Six months Salary of Rev. Dr Tuckerman as Domestic Total amount of expenditures $3116 90 We hereby certify that we have examined the accounts of Lewis Tappan, as Treasurer of the American Unitarian Association to the 24th May 1827, with the necessary vouchers; that the same are correct; and the balance in the Treasurer's hands on the said day was eight hundred fifty two dollars and fifty five cents. (Signed) Boston, 24th May, 1827. GEORGE BOND, }. Auditors. RESOURCES OF THE ASSOCIATION. Cash in the Treasury May 24, 1827 Due from Subscribers in the country for years 369 00 Due from Mr David Reed for Tracts sold by him and due in Cash d} } For Tracts in hands of Agents, per agreement, } of which is due in cash $68 78 Additional allowance for new Subscribers to the } Christian Register, From Messrs Bowles & Dearborn for Tracts sold by them, but not yet due Do. for subscriptions received by them $369 00 852 55 832 00 366 95 Tracts in hands of General Agents estimated at 3-5ths of } retail prices Total amount of Assets of the Association, $3355 39 The Executive Committee intended keeping the Life Subscriptions as a permanent fund, but as the sums due to the Association were not paid agreeably to expectation, they have been obliged to borrow from this fund to meet the necessary disbursements. The number of Life Subscriptions is 53, at 30 dollars each, amounting to $1590,00. The number of Annual Subscribers is 838, and the amount of their subscriptions is $977,00. As the principal part of these subscriptions is one dollar each, the expense of collecting would be saved, if subscribers would transmit the sums due from them to Messrs Bowles & Dearborn, at the Depository of the Association No. 72, Washington Street, who are authorized on behalf of the Treasurer, to receive and receipt for all Annual Subscriptions, Life Subscriptions and Donations. All Life Subscriptions and Donations will be acknowledged in the Christian Register, or otherwise, when requested. All which is submitted by Boston, 29th May, 1827. LEWIS TAPPAN, Treasurer. The Secretary read the Report of the Executive Committee, which was accepted. SECOND ANNUAL REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. The second anniversary of this Association imposes upon those who have the control of its affairs a duty, which they rejoice to perform. They are required to exhibit an account of their operations, and to present such statements, as may show the utility or the defects of the institution. They conceive that they are also expected to call the attention of this meeting, and of Unitarian Christians generally, to those circumstances which do, or may powerfully affect our religious interests. As one of the objects particularly entrusted to them, is the increase of mutual acquaintance among Unitarians, they should possess a greater amount of information respecting the progress of our sentiments than can be obtained by individuals. Their correspondence, extended in various directions, enables them to estimate the degree of favor which these opinions enjoy, and the probability of their rapid diffusion. The present occasion is favorable to an attempt at producing unity of sentiment and energy of action on points of vital importance. The annual meeting of this society is not designed to create a temporary excitement. The effects of our anniversary should be perceived through the subsequent year. It is the only celebration in which Unitarians throughout the United States feel an interest, or can be represented. If no other good were effected by the existence of this Association, than the annual recurrence of such a meeting, this alone would justify its establishment. The objects proposed in our constitution have been pursued during the last year, as far as circumstances permitted. The need of information on which reliance could be placed, induced the Committee, as was stated in the last Report, to incur the expense of sending a special agent to the Western States. He was directed to travel through Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana and Illinois, and to ascertain the real wants and disposition of the people, to collect such facts as might illustrate their religious history and character, to form acquaintance with those persons whom he should find to hold the same principles of belief with himself, and to open the way for future correspondence and operation. This gentleman was employed on his tour during five months, having at his return," passed through twelve States, visited fifteen Counties in Pennsylvania, twenty-five in Ohio, twelve in Kentucky, twenty-two in Indiana, twelve in Illinois and two in Missouri, and travelled between four and five thousand miles, and one half of this distance on horseback." His journey was highly satisfactory. The intelligence which he transmitted was ample, and the sources whence it was derived, were such as entitle it to reliance. Correspondents have been secured, by whom we shall be informed of opportunities that occur of introducing true |