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   From: lcraver@home.ca   
      
   On 27 Aug 2013 17:08:02 GMT, ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan   
   ) wrote:   
      
   >>> That sounds like a very dubious claim unless they are positing some   
   extremely   
   >>> restrictive definition of "international organization".   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >>How many worldwide organizations were there in 1874?   
   >   
   >Well, the Roman Catholic Church and The Masons at least.   
      
   The KKK (founded in 1866) had chapters in both Canada and Mexico ...   
   probably you want to exclude them :)   
      
   On a more positive note there's the Red Cross (founded 1859) and   
   Marx's First International (1864) was still active in 1874. The   
   Universal Postal Union was founded in 1874 and I'm pretty sure the   
   International Telegraphic Union was before that.   
      
   By 1874 the various anti-slavery societies had pretty much wound up.   
      
   There were also international agencies for river traffic on the Rhine   
   and Danube. (International but not worldwide!)   
      
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