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Society of Friends. Indian Committee records: 1756-1900s

About
Records from the Indian Committee of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Most of the Committee work was with Indians in New York and Pennsylvania. This microfilm selection was made by Dr. George Snyderman (see "The Manuscript Collection of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends Pertaining to the American Indian," Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, Vol. 102, No. 6, Studies of Historical Documents in the Library of the American Philosophical Society (Dec. 15, 1958), pp. 613-620). Twelve boxes of letters, diaries, reports of missionaries and individual Quakers,committee reports and correspondence from Indians to Quakers.
Also known as Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Indian Committee. Indian Committee records.
Location
&Library Annex Cabinets E 77 F74
Format
Microfilm
Arrangement
Contents:
  • Reel 1: Correspondence and reports,1791-1815
  • Reel 2: Correspondence and reports,1818-1839
  • Reel 3: Correspondence and reports,1840-1851
  • Reel 4: Correspondence and reports,1852-1871
  • Reel 5: Correspondence and reports,1876-1892
  • Reel 6: Correspondence and reports,1892-1908
  • Reel 7: Correspondence and reports, undated, 1820-1899 and 1872-1895
  • Reel 8: Minutes of the Committee ... for Promoting the Improvement and Gradual Civilization of the Indian Natives [Indian Committee], 1795-1837
  • Reel 9: Minutes ...1837-1895
  • Reels 10 & 11: Minutes of the Friendly Association for Regaining and Preserving Peace with the Indians by Pacific Measures, 1756-1891; miscellaneous 20th century materials
  • Reel 12: Miscellaneous correspondence and reports, membership records, 1756-1790
Items
12 rolls of microfilm
Publication
Clearwater Publishing Corporation, 1977.

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