[186] Mr. Bearse says: "There were printed tickets of notice which I delivered to each member in person, if possible, of which the following copies are specimens:
'Boston, June 7, 1854.
There will be a meeting of the Vigilance Committee at the Meionaon (Tremont Temple), on Thursday evening, June 8, at half-past seven.
Pass in by the Office Entrance, and through the Meionaon Ante-Room.
Theodore Parker, Chairman of Executive Committees.'
'Vigilance Committee! The members of the Vigilance Committee are hereby notified to meet at —— ——
By order of the Committee,
A. Bearse, Doorkeeper.'"
—Reminiscences of Fugitive-Slave-Law Days in Boston, pp. 15, 16.
[187] Ibid., p. 14.