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July 08, 2011

The Commission of Nineteen

The following is a portrait taken at a Commission of Nineteen dinner. The commission was convened to analyze and report on the Constitution and By-Laws of the National Council, on the Relations of the Missionary Societies, and on the Secretaryship of the National Council.

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The Commission was organized in 1910 and published the Report of the Commission of Nineteen on Polity in 1911. The report was also to be delivered at the 1913 meeting of the National Council in Kansas City.

For more information on the Commission of Nineteen, search the online catalog for "National Council, Commission of Nineteen."

--Abraham

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