The Indian Committee of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting began in 1795 and continues at the present time. Previous to this, Philadelphia area Friends formed the Friendly Association for Regaining and Preserving Peace with the Indians by Pacific Measures. The "Friendly Association" grew out of the violence of the French-Indian War of the mid-1700s and was active as a formal organization from ca. 1755-1764 (Parrish "Friendly Association History").
Work of the Indian Committee included teaching Indians and their children, monitoring legislation affecting Native Americans and helping them combat frauds and abuses. The Committee worked primarily with the Seneca on the Allegany and Cattaraugus Reservations in New York. Earliest work was with the Cornplanter Indians on both sides of the border in Pennsylvania and New York. Work was centered at Quaker Bridge ("Tunesassa"), N.Y. where Friends established a boarding school in 1852 adjacent to the Allegany Reservation. Friends Indian School operated as a boarding school for Native Americans until 1938. The completion of the Kinzua Dam (Allegheny Reservoir) led to the flooding of much of the Allegany Reservation and the evacuation of Seneca families. Philadelphia Friends were active in helping the Seneca fight the construction of the Kinzua.
(See: Rayner W. Kelsey's "Friends and the Indians" 1917 [BX7644 K2 F9]; Lois Barton's "A Quaker promise kept: Philadelphia Friends work with the Allegany Senecas 1795 - 1960" [BX7644 .B293 Q2 1990])
The records of the Indian Committee include minutes, financial papers, account books, correspondence, addresses, reports, journals, scrapbooks, legal, land and legislative related papers, maps, lists, transcripts, published items, film, video and other material. Major topics discussed in the records include Friends' 18th and 19th century visits to Indians at various locations (Oneida, Genesanguhta, Stockbridge, etc.), the settlement at Tunesassa and later boarding school (Friends Indian School), the Ogden Land Company, Buffalo Treaty fraud of 1838 and resulting land problems, legislation impacting on Native Americans, the "Salamanca Commission" (Joseph Scattergood), the construction of Kinzua Dam and efforts to stop it and the 1972 shooting by police of Leroy Shenandoah in Philadelphia.
The "AA" and "AB" numbers refer to each particular record's location in the vault and should be cited in requesting material from the collection.
Items are available on Microfilm, Collection #824, where designated.
See also Ms. Coll. 1003 Associated Executive Committee of Friends on Indian Affairs.
Deposit
Collection is open for research. Access is through microfilm, if available.
Copyright has not been assigned to the Repositories. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to the individual Meeting or its successor. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Repositories as the holder(s) of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by reader.
This collection is indexed under the following headings in TRIPOD, the joint on-line catalog of Haverford and Swarthmore Colleges. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings. Please note that records created before 1827, the date of a schism in Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, may have been added to by either the Hicksite or Orthodox branches of this meeting, but could include information about members of the other branch before the Separation:
These volumes were filmed [ca. 1957?] according to Geo. Snyderman article ["The manuscript collection of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends pertaining to the American Indian" vol. 102, no. 6, 1958 (BX7644 S67 M29)] by the American Philosophical Society. Volumes 1-4 are on reels 10 and 11 of film 824, vol. 5 was not filmed.
These include original accounts, deeds, addresses, journals, minutes, notes, reports, printed materials, etc.; papers arranged in chronological order; all of these volumes have detailed, typed indexes accompanying them, which would appear to be very useful. Copies of typed indexes are located behind PYMIC Finding Aid at Haverford.
This organization predated the Indian Committee and was active as a formal organization from ca. 1756-1764 [Parrish - Friendly Assoc. History].
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The minutes of the Indian Committee were also filmed by the American Philosophical Society ca. 1958. Volumes 1-6 were filmed and appear on reels 8 [v. 1-2] and 9 [v. 3-6]; vols. 7 and 8 were not filmed.
Labeled on spine, "Minutes of the Indian Committee" and "1795 to 1815 vol. 1." Includes a 42 p. typed, detailed index.
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Labeled on spine, "Minutes of the Indian Committee" and "1[18]6 [t]o 1[8]37 v[o]l. 2." Includes a 42 p. typed, detailed index.
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Labeled on spine "1837 to 1853" but actually starts with 1838, and includes a 34 p. index as above.
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Labeled on spine "1837 to 1853" but actually starts with 1838, and includes a 34 p. index as above.
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Labeled on spine "1872 to 1895." Includes a 27 p. index as above.
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Labeled on spine "1895 to" No index.
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Labeled on spine "1922 to May 1957" Minutes are typescript. Handwritten index in front. Also folder of loose minutes for March 1957 (rough draft).
Labeled on spine "Indian" and on front "Indian Committee Philadelphia Yearly Meeting" and inside "1957 thru [Jan] 1975." (Jan. added and 1970 changed to 1975, but actual minutes in this vol. run from May 9, 1957 to May 1970). Minutes are typescript. With note "not filmed."
The first 3 folders contain primarily handwritten minutes (of "special meetings," extracts from PYMIC meetings, etc.) The remaining folders contain typed minutes of PYMIC meetings.
3 items, includes book of minutes (1795-1800) with inscription "7 mo. 20, 1883. This book was sent to Geo. Scattergood by Mary Wistar, widow of the late Thomas Wistar. It is deposited by him, with papers, etc. belonging to the Indian Committee of Phila. Yearly Meeting."
ca. 32 items
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These are loose, 1 p. accounts which generally give a summary of a year's transactions, set up in ledger format (Dr and Cr). Treasurers are: John Reynell (1783); Henry Drinker (1784-1808).
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These folders contain loose accounts, bills, receipts, etc., some of which directly and obviously relate to the Indian Committee [list of goods purchased as gifts for the Indians, Tunesassa related expenses, etc.], many, however, do not seem at first glance to have been generated as a result of this committee's work [expenses for travel to England for Quaker ministers, carriage building for traveling Friends, etc.].
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Includes list of presents [for Indians].
Includes printing of Quaker tracts, traveling expenses of Friends, accounts with the Meeting for Sufferings, Thomas Hillborn's statement of losses due to abandoning his property after Indian attack (1779), bills for "public Friends'" wagon, bill of articles presented to the Cherokees (1792), etc.
Includes bill for bricks (1792), printing of Quaker tracts, store goods, list of poor paid money (1793) at City Hall, Indian Committee fund, various traveling Friends' expenses, invoice of goods sent to Genesanguhta (1799), expenses at settlement at Oneida, etc.
Includes bills for printing Quaker tracts, travelling expenses of Stephen Grellet (1799), accounts of the Indian Committee's fund for relief of Friends in England and Ireland, lists of items for Tunesassa (1805, 1807), etc.
Joseph Elkinton's accounts re: saw mill at Tunesassa
Includes accounts of Joseph Elkinton with "Indian Institution" [1828-31], bills for books, accounts of the committee with Robert Scotton, Solomon Lukens, Ebenezer Worth, Edward Shoemaker, Abner Woolman, cost of building new saw mill, Tunesassa inventories and accounts, memo. "respecting a note of Henry Drinker endorsed by John Ellicott for $442.22..." (1827)
Chiefly store bills [at Randolph] of Solomon Lukens [Supt. at Tunesassa, 1849-1852].
For dividends, books, store goods
Chiefly banking and insurance related
Receipts and bills for books
For store goods, printing, 1921 Ford, etc.
ca. 21 items. These are printed subscription appeals with names of subscribers and amounts pledged at bottom.
These folders include correspondence of the treasurer with various Friends in the field (such as at Tunesassa), letters in re: to contributions made by the committee to various groups working on behalf of Native Americans, Tunesassa related accounts and inventories, material related to various trusts (John Parrish Trust) that funded the work of the committee, papers related to the structure and function of the committee, etc.
Includes some Tunesassa related material, typed synopsis of course of study at Indian Industrial School at Carlisle, Pa., list of students at Tunesassa, school curriculum chart [for Tunesassa?], blank financial forms, financial notes.
Thomas Evans, treas., 1853-1868; Joseph Scattergood, treas., 1866-1869. Most [all?] of this folder is Tunesassa related material: farm inventories and accounts, letters from Abner Woolman and others at Tunesassa, store bills of Joseph Elkinton.
Joseph Scattergood, treas., 1870-1877; Ephraim Smith, treas., 1878-1879. Most [all?] of this folder is Tunesassa material: farm inventories, letters from Abner Woolman, Aaron P. Dewees, receipts and expenditures for school.
Ephraim Smith, treas. Includes Tunesassa related material: farm inventories, letters from Aaron P. Dewees.
Ephraim Smith, treas. Includes Tunesassa related material: farm inventories, letters.
Ephraim Smith, treas. 1900-02; Jonathan M. Steere, treas. 1922-1928. Includes Tunesassa related material: farm inventories, letters from Thomas Blackburn and other members of family; also a statement of the different funds and resources of the committee (1922).
Jonathan M. Steere; sale of the Tunesassa farm
George Vaux, treas. Includes 1960 correspondence re: estate of Clara W. Finch
George Vaux, treas. Leroy Shenandoah Defense Fund and trial, includes clippings and news articles re: shooting and death of L.S. on 3/2/1972.
George Vaux, treas., 1977; Alice Letchworth, 1977-1979. Includes Leonard Peltier Defense Committee material [ca. 1979], publications and broadsides.
Alice Letchworth, treas.
Alice Letchworth, treas.
3 folders of vouchers [chiefly for Tunesassa salaries] as follows:
Ephraim Smith, treas.
John W. Tatum, treas.
Jonathan M. Steere, treas.
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These consist of bank statements, checks and some letters (ALS, TLS, photocopies), receipts and other financial records stapled together (by the treasurer) and are filed chronologically by date of statement.
J.M. Steere, treas.
J.M. Steere, treas.
J.M. Steere, treas.
J.M. Steere, treas.
Geo. Vaux, treas.
Geo. Vaux, treas.
Geo. Vaux, treas.
Geo. Vaux, treas.
Alice Letchworth, treas.
Alice Letchworth, treas.
Handwritten and typed reports giving summary of a year's financial activities (mostly in "ledger" format - Dr and Cr).
July 1974 - June 1984, with gaps.
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[ca. 60 p.] Committee for Gradual Civilization of Indian Nation in account with Robert Scotton, Tunesassa, 1836-1837; Joseph Battey, [Tunesassa], 1837-1841 [both apparently managing the farm at Tunesassa].
[ca. 35 p.] Solomon Lukens in account with the "Committee on Indian Affairs," includes inventory of Tunesassa.
[ca. 237 p.] The following Superintendents in account with the committee: Aaron Dewees [1886-1889]; James Henderson [1889-1894]; Thomas Blackburn [1894-1900].
[ca. 246 p.] Vol. labeled on spine "Indian Committee." The committee in account with the following treasurers: Thomas Evans, [1850-1868]; Joseph Scattergood, [1868-1877]; Ephraim Smith [1877-1902], John W. Tatum, [1902-1907]; William B. Evans, [1907-1911]. Also various funds and subscriptions, no index. Includes a note: "Received of Chas. Evans 4/25/1921 Indian Com. Acct. Bk. 1850-1911."
[c.a. 320 p.] Vol. labeled on spine "Cash Book 1911 Indian Committee."
[ca. 16 p.] Re: Tunesassa and deals primarily with sheep.
[ca. 360 p.] Vol. labeled on spine "Journal Indian Committee P.Y. Meg." Runs from 3 mo. 1, 1864 to 2 mo. 28, 1920, and includes a folder with 2 loose p. of accounts.
[ca. 150 p.] Labeled on flyleaf "The Indian Committee of Philadelphia Yearly Mtg."
[ca. 20 p.] On front cover: "Old Ledger 1821 Tunesassah." Includes an index and farm accounts.
[ca. 150 p.] Primarily the Committee on Indian Affairs in account with Reuben Battin [1858-1859] and Abner Woolman [1860-1872]. Appears to be Tunesassa farm accounts.
[ca. 361 p.] On spine: "Ledger Indian Committee P.Y. Mtg." Includes an index, and Tunesassa accounts.
[ca. 60 p.] Daybook runs from 5 mo. 13, 1829 - 6 mo. 3, 1831. On front cover "Daybook + Journal 1829 J.E." and at top of pages "Tunesassah State of New York." Contains farm account.
[ca. 80 p.] Receipt book kept by Henry Drinker, treasurer of PYM, 1787-1808.
[ca. 300 p.] Treasurers are: John Elliott [1803-1809]; Isaac W. Morris [1809-1830]; Thomas Evans [1850-1868]; Joseph Scattergood [1868-1877]; Ephraim Smith [1877-1882]. With many paste-ins, overstuffed.
[ca. 120 p.] Ephraim Smith, treasurer. Made from "Postal card" book - "Patent back gummed stub file."
Made up of pasted-in receipts. Ephraim Smith, treasurer.
Stamped "Indian Committee, Treasurer," and contains stubs for checks 223-271.
Contains stubs for 241-390 [only 241-256 used]
Stamped inside "The Indian Committee, J.M. Steere, treasurer," and contains stubs for checks 1-300
Contains stubs for checks 3100-3399
Ephraim Smith, treasurer in account with the Union Trust Company, Philadelphia; with note inside "This is a duplicate book for one lost or mislaid 10/22/94."
ALS, Tunesassa, to PYMIC re: his resignation
ALS, Pine Iron Works, to George J. Scattergood (cousin) re: Cornplanter claim, RR lines.
ALS, Tunesassa, to Hannah D. Stratton re: resignation
ALS, read 9/15/1987 to PYMIC re: duty to help the Indians more efficiently
7 ALS, Pipe Creek [5/23/1796], Baltimore [12/2/1798 to 2/5/1809]. Letters are from Goldsmith Chandler, Caleb Kirk, John Brown, Philip E. Thomas (clerk), Gerard T. Hopkins, P.E. Thomas, Evan Thomas, to PYMIC [Thomas Wistar, Thomas Fisher, Thomas Stweardson]
2 ALS, 1 ms. copy (?), Fredonia. 2/14 and 6/22/1871 to Joseph Scattergood re: Indians leasing land and Ogden Land Co. Ms. copy 2/26/1872 to Harrison Halftown re: Kansas claims.
ALS, Franklin, Pa., to George J. Scattergood
ALS, Collins, to Thomas Evans re: financial
ca. 20 ALS, chiefly from Joseph Battey, Tunesassa, from 11/27/1836 to 9/5/1841 (letters of 11/27/1836 and 2/11/1837 w/ Robert Scotton)
5 ALS, 3/12/1891 to 6/5/1883, Tunesassa, re: resignation
5 ALS, 3/14/1897, Tunesassa, re: resignation
ALS, Tunesassa
ALS, 7/27/1856, Tunesassa
8 ALS Tunesassa, 4/2/1858 to 12/10/1859
ALS, Media, re: wishes to be released from PYMIC work
ca. 25 ALS, 4/3/1857 to 12/10/1861, chiefly from Tunesassa and from Abel H. Blackburn
2 ALS, 9/6/1899 and 6/17/1901, Tunesassa re: resignation
4 ALS, 6/13/1895 to 11/23/1899, Tunesassa re: resignation
ca. 36 ALS, 3/10/1894 to 11/23/1900, chiefly from Tunesassa, Friends Indian School
ALS, Washington, D.C., to George J. Scattergood re: improbability of HR Bill 8746; opinion on how Ogden Land Co. could gain the land of the Senecas
ALS, Tunesassa, to PYMIC re: personal health problems and giving notice of her plans to leave
2 ALS, Tunesassa. 7/26/1903 to Caroline C. Scattergood re: her resignation as caretaker. 11/23/1907 to George J. Scattergood and Caroline Scattergood re: her resignation
ALS, Tunesassa, to PYMIC re: her resignation
7 ALS, Tunesassa [9/12/1887 to 6/8/1888]; Piatt, Pa. [4/9/1890 and 3/3/1892]. Letters are to members of PYMIC and includes letters re: her resignation and wish to be relieved from work
ca. 19 ALS, Tunesassa, 9/17/1904 to 3/20/191, chiefly from William and Rachel Bradway
ALS, Halifax (?) to Thomas Wistar re: character reference for prospective employee
2 ALS. 1/22/1844 to H.M.W. Zollickoffer (?) re: Seneca land and Ogden Land Co. with clippings. Ms. copy of 6/4/1844 from Maris B. Pierce, Buffalo Creek Reservation re: Ogden Land Co. to WLB and 6/17/1844 ALS forwarding same to Samuel Bettle by WLB
2 ALS. 10/5/1898, Colerain, OH, to PYMIC re: application for position. 7/4/1899, Tunesassa, to Caroline Scattergood re: her resignation
2 ALS. 9/15/1891, (Tunesassa?), to Friends re: leave of absence. 6/7/1893, Tunesassa, to PYMIC re: resignation
2 ALS. 1/29/1874, New Garden, Pa., to J. Scattergood re: application. 8/13/1877, Tunesassa, to PYMIC re: resignation.
ALS, The Retreat Farm on Mill Creek, 12/20/1806 to Thomas Stewardson re: financial
3 L (ALS?), 1799 to 1803, London Grove (Chester Co., Pa.) re: learning farming and blacksmithing
ALS, Canawargaras, 7/6/1796 to PYMIC r: Quaker intentions
2 ALS. 12/13/1873, Doe Run, Chester Co., Pa., to Thomas Wistar re: inquiry into teaching position. 9/13/1875, Tunesassa, to Geo. J. Scattergood re: resignation
ALS, 12/8/1799, New Garden, to Halliday Jackson re: religious encouragement in their work with the Indians
ALS, Tunesassa, to Friends re: resignation
7 ALS, 3/8/1813 to 7/3/1816, Tunesassa, to PYMIC re: status at Tunesassa
ALS, Keokuk Col, Iowa, 4/13/1872, to [] re: release of George W. and Abigail M. Mott
ALS, Richmond, Indiana, 11/13/1844 to George Williams (Treasurer) and Thomas Evans (clerk) of PYMIC re: relief to the Shawnees
3 ALS, [], 11/3/1856 to 9/13/1857, to Thomas Evan, Friends, re: application for teaching position, follow-up to same, length of stay in the position she currently holds
ALS, Philadelphia, to Thomas Wistar
ALS, to PYMIC re: Indian girls
8 ALS, Tunesassa, 12/17/1805 to 10/18/1808 to PYMIC re: state of affairs at Tunesassa [note these letters are from Coope in various combinations with the following other Friends: Jacob Taylor, Joel Swaine, Rachel Coope, Hannah Jackson, Stephen Twining, Thomas Dutton, Sarah Dutton, Agnes Cadwalader]. ALS, Clear Creek, 12/18/1809, to PYMIC re: state of affairs [letter also from Jacob Taylor, Stephen Twining, Hannah Jackson]. ALS, Cattaraugus, 8/12/1810 to PYMIC re: decisive answer of the Delaware Indians [letter also from Jacob Taylor, Stephen Twining, Hannah Jackson].
ALS, to Joseph Scattergood re: schools and agriculture are the solution for his people
2 L (in whose hand?), n.d. but probably 1791, to "Brothers" re: the teaching of two children. Oct. 15, 1799 to "Dear Friend."
ALS, read 12/2/1878, to "Dear Sir"
ALS, Albany, N.Y., to Thomas Evans re: Committee on roads and bridges
ALS, Brownsville, to "Friend" re: recommendation of Abel H. Blackburn
ALS, Washington, to Thomas Evans re: copies of papers Evans wants are confidential
4 ALS, Stockbridge; Brothertown, 10/8/1801 to 11/21/1802 to members of PYMIC [David Bacon, Henry Drinker, John Parrish, Ellis Yarnall, Thomas Wistar, Thomas Fisher, Peter Barker] re: address of Joseph Clark to Stockbridge Indians, Indian/white relations and N.Y. State government, conflict between Indians and their Superintendent Chapen, annuity coming from the U.S. to the Oneida Indians.
ALS, Washington, D.C., to Geo. Scattergood re: bill for Wildwood Cemetery
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ca. 18 ALS, 1/24/1874 to 9/14/1889, Tunesassa re: the Friends Indian School
ca. 69 ALS, 8/10/1873 to 6/14/1886, Tunesassa re: Friends Indian School
ALS, Tellico Blockhouse to Henry Drinker re: state of affairs
2 ALS [with Eliza Dolsen]: 3/20/1891 Cornplanter, Pa., to George J. Scattergood re: application for membership with Friends. 5/24/1891 Onodaga, N.Y. to Geo. J. Scattergood re: new residence Dolsen, Eliza
2 TL - read 12/17/1901 to Minnie re: advice to live by extract, n.d. [same as above?], to "the boys" re: death of Old Man Titus.
4 ALS, 2/12/1898 to 9/24/1811, Tunesassa [in combination with Jonathan Thomas, Joel Swain, Sarah Dutton, Joseph Harlan] re: situation there
ALS, Tunesassa, 4/6/1851 and 9/29/1853 to "Esteemed Friend" and to Joseph Elkinton re: report of the school [1851], desire to go to Tunesassa [1853].
ALS, Downingtown, Pa. to Joseph Scattergood re: willingness of himself and sister Thomazin to go to Tunesassa
ca. 19 ALS, TLS, 12/8/1899 to 3/22/1904, Tunesassa re: Friends Indian School
ca. 60 ALS, 12/3/1820 to 9/12/1856, Tunesassa, re: latest news on situation of the Indians of Tunesassa, school at Tunesassa, Sarah Elkinton's resignation [9/12/1856], includes some letters from Indians in JE's hand (Indians signed by mark), some with Ann Thomas, Jonathan Thomas, Robert Scotton, Joseph Walton, Abigail Walton, Mary Nutt, Thomas Evans, Enoch Lewis, William Kinsey, Joel Evans
Also: ALS from N.T. Strong, Albany 2/19/1851 to JE re: request for a report on condition of Indians on Allegany Reservation.
2 ALS. 12/15/1880, [Phila.] to George J. Scattergood. 8/7/1913, Pocono Lakes, to "Wm."
2 ALS, Batavia. 12/5/1806 to Thomas Stewardson re: land. 5/2/1819 to Jacob Taylor re: Thomas L. Ogden Esq.
2 ALS. 12/18/1818, Washington, to Thomas Wistar re: Committee business. 1/9/1819, Baltimore, to Thomas Wistar and others at Washington re: statement submitted to Committee of Congress on the subject of the Indians
2 ALS, Springfield. 10/22/1850 to Thomas Evans (brother) re: survey of Cattaraugus farm. 1/20/1857 to Jos. Elkinton re: doubtful character of P. and G. Tome re: Cornplanter heirs
ALS, Boston to Samuel Bettle and Thomas Evans re: treaty with Senecas
13 ALS, Dunkirk, Washington and Salamanca, 1/17/1869 to 9/27/1879 to Geo. J. Scattergood [12 ALS] and Joseph S. Elkinton [1 ALS] re: Salamanca
Extract of a letter from Robert Barclay (son of Alexander Barclay) to MP, London, 6/2/1804 re: contribution of $100 to PYMIC
ALS, Allegheny River, to "Respected Friend" re: account of surveying and opposition from the Indians
ALS, London to Thomas Evans re: English view of situation with the Indians
ca. 11 ALS, 1/4/1906 to 12/17/1907, Tunesassa re: Friends Indian School
ALS, Tunesassa to PYMIC re: desire to be released from position
2 ALS, Tunesassa, 6/13/1902 and 6/13/1907 re: desire to be released from position
extract, account of a speech given to the Indians
ALS, Albany to Israel Wheelen, Esq. re: transmittal of a gift to Seneca Indians at Buffalo Creek
ALS, Raisin, Michigan to PYMIC re: desire to reside amongst the Indians
Extract of a letter 6/10/1893 to Joseph Elkinton re: departure of Rebecca Sears. ALS, Tunesassa, 8/2/1897 to PYMIC re: desire to leave
Ms. copy of ALS?, Buffalo, 3/2/1838 to Hon. H. Clay re: land treaties
ALS, Medina to Hon. (?) A.P. Grant (brother) RE: dissatisfaction of Tentemanca (?) Indians w/ treat
ALS, 1/30/1915, Tunesassa, re: resignation
TL [copy], Tunesassa to John W. Tatum re: fire at Tunesassa
also other correspondence of John G. Haines, 1897
ALS, Tunesassa, to Farm Committee on Tunesassa School Committee re: resignation
ALS, Tunesassa re: Friends Indian School
2 ALS. Cold Spring, 6/7/1864 to Joseph Scattergood re: Indian census. Boyle Hotel, Washington D.C., 3/2/1878 to Geo. J. Scattergood re: legislation
AL, Tunesassa, 3/7/1901 to PYMIC re: lapse into drunkenness and vow to change his ways in the new century (writer a former student at Tunesassa). ALS, Corydon, Pa., 3/31/1901 to Geo. Scattergood re: faith, thanks for encouragement
2 ALS. Tunesassa, 6/13/1880 to PYMIC re: request for leave. Barnesville, OH, 9/12/1881 to PYMIC re: resignation
2 ALS, Tunesassa. 5/26/1876 to "Dear Friend" re: willingness to go to Tunesassa. 6/16/1879 to PYMIC re: resignation
ca. 7 ALS, 9/13/1912 to 3/13/1914, Tunesassa re: Friends Indian School
ALS [], to Thomas Wistar re: plan for helping the Indians
ALS, Wilmington, OH, to Thomas Wistar re: report on Indian concerns
ALS, Washington, D.C., to Geo. J. Scattergood and Jos. Elkinton re: HR Bill 3573
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ALS, Fort Wilkerson, to John Parrish, Henry Drinker, Thomas Wistar re: has given Indians Quaker address (on behalf of Friends), application of Anna daughter of Elizabeth Gorman for "her freedom" (?)
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2 ALS, Tunesassa: 7/26/1894 to PYMIC re: resignation. 7/15/1901 re: resignation
ALS, Tunesassa to PYMIC re: resignation
ca. 20 ALS, 12/13/1889 to 12/6/1893, Tunesassa re: Friends Indian School
3 ALS, Dept. of Metropolitan Police, Washington, D.C., 3/4/1874 to 4/25/1874 to Joseph Scattergood re: Senate Bill 640
TLS, Chester, to Friends Indian School re: bequest of Lydia Yarnall
ALS, Tunesassa to PYMIC re: her resignation
ALS, Philadelphia, to PYMIC re: thank you note
ALS, Flushing, to Joseph Elkinton, re: willingness to work w/ Indians
ALS, Phila., to Henry Drinker and Thomas Stewardson re: 2 Indian boys
ALS, Tunesassa, read and minuted to PYMIC 12/16/1884 re: resignation
2 items [ALS and telegram], Washington, D.C., to Geo. J. Scattergood re: legislation
TLS, Phila., to Wm. C. Cowperthwaite, Clerk
ALS, Barnesville, to Joseph Elkinton re: recommendation of Abel W. Blackburn
ALS, Tunesassa, to PYMIC re: resignation
ALS, [also from Ellwood Dean], Chester Hill, Morgan Co. OH, to Joseph Scattergood re: recommendation of Aaron and Eunice P. Dewees
ALS, Camden to Thomas Wistar re: recommendation of Livi Shanahan
ALS, Newburgh, OH, to PYMIC re: willingness to return to Tunesassa
ALS, Collins, 1/17/1850 to Joseph Elkinton re: renting of land
ALS, Bellefonte, to Thomas Wistar re: legal matters [attached 1 receipt and letter from Richard Wistar re: C. Huston's letter
ALS [from Jesse Hanery (?)], Harveysburg, OH, 11/20/1844 to George William and Thomas Evans re: financial matters. AL 3/14/1833 to John Jacobs, an account probably written by Indiana Friends re: Indians on the Wabash
LS, from John Easton (Commissioner), to Geo. J. Scattergood re: printing of a manuscript
All from Washington, D.C., unless noted otherwise.
2 LS. Re: correspondence regarding the right of N.Y. Indians to land in Kansas.
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LS re: inability of the office to predict Senate ruling on treaty with N.Y. Indians
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Ms. copy of ALS, re: treaty between U.S. and the N.Y. Indians, concluded 12/4/1868
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LS? re: pending treaty with the N.Y. Indians
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3 ALS, between 5/10/1870 and 5/16/1870 re: preparation for ratification of a treaty
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Ms. copy of ALS re: Onondaga and Cayuga Indians living on Seneca Reservation
Ms. copy of ALS re: Onondaga and Cayuga Indians living on Seneca Reservation
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Ms. copy of ALS re: decision of the Indian Office on the rights of the Onondagas and Cayugas residing on the Seneca Reservation
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LS, re: leasing of Indian land
ALS from Jamestown, N.Y., re: sale of intoxicants to Indians on the Seneca Reservation
TD (copy of report), re: HR Bill 8346, leases, Ogden Land Co.
2 TL [signed by machine], re: complaints of liquor sellers by the Indians w/ attached copy of the a letter detailing orders to U.S. Indian Agent A.W. Ferrin
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TLS, Olean, N.Y. re: efforts to exempt Tunesassa property from taxation
TLS, Salamanca re: sales of liquor to the Indians
Bulletin, re: "Secretary Seaton's statement on Wyandotte Cemetery"
ALS, [Tunesassa B.S.] to "Friend" re: reflections on E. Worth and J. Scattergood
ALS, Upper Providence, to Samuel Bettle re: reluctance of Indians to sell them land
TLS, R.D.I. Gowanda, N.Y., to PYMIC w/ attached copy of "Sermon tribute to John Snyder by Rev. W. David Owl given on 12/5/1952" TLS re: distribution of the tribute and relations of Indians to the government
ALS, Allegheny Reservation to Abigail W. Hall re: death of sister Phebe Boan
ALS, Salamanca to Geo. J. Scattergood re: events of June Council at the Cattaraugus Reservation [on Seneca Nation letterhead]
All from Johnson to J. Scattergood.
ALS, Upper Piqua, to Henry Harvey re: speech of Indians and comments on the work that is going on with the Indians
ALS, Charlestown, W. Va.. re: wishes to teach at Tunesassa
13 ALS, Buffalo, Washington City, and Cattaraugus Reservation, 2/28/1838 to 6/18/1880 to Joseph Elkinton, Geo. Scattergood, Jo. Scattergood re: news of the Indians from the Seneca perspective. Includes: ALS, 3/18/1851, Albany [from John Kennedy, Jr.] to Jo. Elkinton re: ignorance of the Hicksite Quakers as to situation of Indians and enclosing copy of an ALS 2/22/1851, New York, from N.Y. Yearly Mtg. [Indian Com.] to the Committee of Indian Affairs of the House of Representatives of the State of New York re: Indians capability to govern themselves, recommendations to maintain the status quo
Telegram [w/ Panap M. Penrose, clerks], McConnellsville, OH, to Geo. J. Scattergood re: Aaron P. and Eunice Dewees for Tunesassa
Ms. copy of ALS, New York to Thomas Stewardson re: removal of the Indians from N.Y.
2 ALS. 12/5/1863, Tunesassa, to Thomas Evan re: dissatisfaction with salary; 7/25/1872, Exeter to Joseph Scattergood re: record of expenses
ca. 8 ALS, TLS, TL, 12/15/1919 to 10/20/1922, Tunesassa re: Friends Indian School
2 items. L, [with signature?] of "W. Wells, Input." under "Little Turtle", Fort Wayne, 8/30/1798 to Thomas or Meirs Fisher re: statement of faith and friendship. 2: Address to President of the U.S. [with "William Wells, Indian Agent" certifying that it is a true translation], Fort Wayne, 11/30/1804
LS [signed by mark], Cornplanter, 5/11/1870 to Mr. Davis re: request for repayment of sum she loaned to him
ca. 29 ALS, 1/14/1850 to 1/28/1853, mostly from Tunesassa re: news from Tunesassa
ALS, Phila., re: wishes to apply for teaching position at Friends Indian School
6 items. 4 ALS, Tunesassa, 9/9/1982 to 10/3/1898, to PYMIC, Geo. J. Scattergood, Sarah E. Smith re: leave of absence, resignation. 1 TL, Tunesassa, 7/10/1898, her farewell address to Indians residing on the Allegany Reservation. 1 Extract of a letter, Bartlett, OH, 10/18/1898 to S.E. Smith re: experiences at Tunesassa
ALS, Tunesassa, re: resignation
ALS, Tunesassa to PYMIC re: notice of intention to leave position
ALS, Lancaster to John Parrish and Henry Drinker r: surveying of the land
ALS, Bradford, to Geo. J. Scattergood re: proposition to lease land at Quaker Bridge, Pa. to develop for oil
ALS, Phila. to Jona. Thomas and Joel Swain at Genesanguhta re: their Indian work and getting women to instruct Indian women
2 ALS, Washington, D.C., 6/17/1871 and 7/11/1872, to Joseph Scattergood re: business associated with the preparation of a statement of the origin of the claims of the N.Y. Indians to lands in Kansas
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
TLS, Morrisville, Pa. re: doesn't wish to serve on Tunesassa committee
ALS, Tunesassa, 12/13/1907 to PYMIC re: request to be released from position
ALS, Olney, to Geo. J. Scattergood re: committee and politics
12 ALS, New York, 5/27/1797 to 7/26/1844. [Signed by Thomas Eddy, Richard Mott, Mahlon Day in various combinations] re: New York Yearly Meeting Indian Committee, transport of goods to the Indians, conclusion of Yearly Mtg., arrival of Coll. Floyd, committees, statues of various people, request for information, visit to the Indians
extract of a letter ["a true copy 7th mo. 22nd, 1798"], Fort Sclarher (?), 6/29/1798 to his father re: uneasiness of Indians at Buffalo Creek
5 TL (copies) re: claims of the company as follows:
2 ALS. Canadaigua, 6/4/1819 to Jacob Taylor re: notice of council to be held at Buffalo; also Buffalo, 7/10/1819 to Jacob Taylor re: impression of council meeting
ALS (?), Tuscarora, to Henry Drinker, David Bacon, John Parrish, William Savery re: his Nations' progress
ALS, [Tunesassa], to PYMIC re: resignation as boy's caretaker
ms. letter? to above?, not in English
ALS, Baltimore, to Thomas Wistar re: report on status
2 ALS. Stockbridge, 7/1/1796 to PYMIC (John Elliot) re: description of their situation [also from James Cooper, Joseph Sansom, Isaiah Rowland, Enoch Walker]. Also: Darby 7/22/1798 to Henry Drinker and Thomas Stewardson re: recent correspondence
2 ALS. Niagara Falls, 6/16/1803 to Thomas Wistar re: report on arrival [also Jacob Taylor, Jonathan Thomas, and Joel Swain] Tunesassa. Also: 6/9/1804 to Thomas Stewardson re: trip to and arrival at Tunesassa
ALS, Barnesville to PYMIC re: resignation