Society for the Information and Advice of Immigrants. Boston, December 30, 1793. [electronic resource] : As immigration to the United States has of late greatly increased--and the principles of humanity as well as the interests of the country, require that foreigners who may come to settle among us should be advised and informed respecting their several objects, either of agriculture, manufactures, of other useful arts--we the subscribers, for such purposes, hereby associate ourselves, and agree to the following articles ...