Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia Feb 28 1940.

The founders included Jim B., Charlie B.,
Bayard B., Fitz M., George S., McCready H.
[at whose place it was held, 2209 Delancey St],
and Ed P.

Bayard B. was also the founder of AA on
Martha's Vineyard -- he's the only one I
ever met, shortly before his death in,
I think, 1961.

Jim B. and Fitz have stories in the Big Book.

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From: Cindy Miller <cm53@...>
(cm53 at earthlink.net)

Pennsylvania: Philadelphia, 28 February 1940

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From: Shakey1aa@...

Greetings from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
where the 1st organizational meeting was
2/28/1940 and the 1st group was the
Philadelphia Mother Group formed by Jimmy
Burwell on March 6, 1940.

In "Memoirs of Jimmy" he states that "between
Feb and June 1940 Fitz," meaning J. H. Fitzhugh
Mayo "and myself started groups in Philadelphia,
Washington and Baltimore."

Shakey Mike Gwirtz
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
(see you at the National Archives Workshop
in California later this summer)