Native Americans and Quakers, 1791-1815

Quaker records document extensive interaction between members of the Society of Friends and Native Americans. This collection includes journals, correspondence, committee minutes, and other miscellaneous original documents dated from 1791 until 1815.

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Letter from Cornplanter to Quakers
Title:
Letter from Cornplanter to Quakers
Description:
A letter sent to the Friends at Philadelphia from Cornplanter, a Seneca Chief, requesting that they take two Seneca boys and educate them.
Date:
1791
Collection:
Native Americans and Quakers, 1791-1815
Letter to the Quarterly Meeting of Friends at Hopewell
Title:
Letter to the Quarterly Meeting of Friends at Hopewell
Description:
Letter describing efforts by the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting to improve relations with the Indian Nations, and providing an account of the Friends who attended the treaty intended for the year prior between the United States and Indian Nations.
Date:
1794
Collection:
Native Americans and Quakers, 1791-1815
Letter to the Shawanese, Delawares & others from Quakers of Pennsylvania and New Jersey
Title:
Letter to the Shawanese, Delawares & others from Quakers of Pennsylvania and New Jersey
Description:
Letter to several Indian Nations, including the Shawnee, Delaware, Wyandot, and Miami, praising the peace of the moment and urging that a lasting peace be established.
Date:
1795
Collection:
Native Americans and Quakers, 1791-1815
Letter to Western Indians from the Meeting for Sufferings
Title:
Letter to Western Indians from the Meeting for Sufferings
Description:
Copy of a letter to the Indians living to the North and West of the United States, expressing sadness over the wars fought and hopes for peace.
Date:
1793
Collection:
Native Americans and Quakers, 1791-1815
Memorial to Congress
Title:
Memorial to Congress
Description:
A letter from the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting to the President and Congress of the United States, expressing distress at the prospect of war with the Indians, and encouraging a peaceful path.
Date:
1791
Collection:
Native Americans and Quakers, 1791-1815
Letter to the Cherokee Nation from Philadelphia Yearly Meeting
Title:
Letter to the Cherokee Nation from Philadelphia Yearly Meeting
Description:
A letter from the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting to the Cherokee Nation, encouraging friendship and peace.
Date:
1792
Collection:
Native Americans and Quakers, 1791-1815
Letter to the Indians Assembled at the Rapids of the Miami
Title:
Letter to the Indians Assembled at the Rapids of the Miami
Description:
Letter of introduction from Friends of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting to Indians while in Detroit.
Date:
1793
Collection:
Native Americans and Quakers, 1791-1815
Letter to John Drinker from Friends
Title:
Letter to John Drinker from Friends
Description:
Letter to John Drinker informing him of events at Niagara and Detroit.
Date:
1793
Collection:
Native Americans and Quakers, 1791-1815
Letter from Quakers to Cornplanter
Title:
Letter from Quakers to Cornplanter
Description:
A letter from Quaker representatives to Cornplanter, a Seneca Chief, accepting his request for them to take two Seneca boys into their care for education.
Date:
1791
Collection:
Native Americans and Quakers, 1791-1815
Letter from Friends to General Wayne
Title:
Letter from Friends to General Wayne
Description:
Letter to General Wayne stating the commitment of the Quakers to maintaining peace with the Indians, and requesting aid in the delivery of some goods.
Date:
1795
Collection:
Native Americans and Quakers, 1791-1815
Account of Goods to be sent to the Indians
Title:
Account of Goods to be sent to the Indians
Description:
Receipt for goods sent as a token to the Indians
Date:
1795
Collection:
Native Americans and Quakers, 1791-1815
Address to the Six Nations
Title:
Address to the Six Nations
Description:
Draft and letter from the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting to the Six Indian Nations with whom the United States Government would sign a treaty, asking them to receive the Friends who would attend the Treaty and urging peace.
Date:
1794
Collection:
Native Americans and Quakers, 1791-1815
Invoice of sundry articles
Title:
Invoice of sundry articles
Description:
Invoice of goods sent by the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting to treaty negotiations as a gift for the Indian Nations to be delivered by General Wayne.
Date:
1795
Collection:
Native Americans and Quakers, 1791-1815