The New York Peace Society was the first peace society to be established in the United States. It has had several different incarnations, as it has merged into other organizations or dissolved and then been re-created.
Read more about New York Peace Society: First Incarnation (1815-1828), Second and Third Incarnations (1837-1844), Fourth Incarnation (1906-1940), See Also
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