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Account of the life of Joshua Sharples
Title:
Account of the life of Joshua Sharples
Description:
Biography of Joshua Sharples by an unknown writer. Contains many extracts from letters written to and from Sharples and from his journal. The Sharpless Family papers also include a typescript copy (mc1111_01_12_001) that has not been digitized.
Date:
1826 - 1850
Collection:
Sharpless Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Joshua Sharples biography
Title:
Joshua Sharples biography
Description:
Titled "Some Account of Joshua Sharpless." Typed biography of Joshua Sharples, describing his family, activity within the Society of Friends, travels, and journey to Indian territory. Consists mostly of extracts from Sharples' correspondence and diaries. Content is very similar to item mc1111_03_11_001.
Date:
1826 - 1920
Collection:
Sharpless Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Jacob Lindley's Account
Title:
Jacob Lindley's Account
Description:
Jacob Lindley documented his journey of four and a half months to attend the treaty negotiations between the United States and the Six Nations, which was to be held at Sandusky, Ohio, in 1793. He kept a daily and detailed account of the journey and the people he met, as well as various thoughts and reflections on contemporary politics and morality.
Date:
1793
Collection:
Friends Historical Library Books and Periodicals, Quakers and Slavery, Swarthmore
Graceanna Lewis letter to her family
Title:
Graceanna Lewis letter to her family
Description:
Addressed to Lewis's mother Esther Fussell Lewis. Written while Graceanna Lewis worked as a teacher at her uncle Bartholomew Fussell's school in York, Pennsylvania. Discusses Graceanna Lewis's health and that of her family. Describes at length conversations she and others had with several members of the Seneca nation who visited York. Discusses difficulties finding a place for the Seneca to give a speech on temperance. Discusses her students and work as a teacher.
Date:
1843-04-27
Collection:
Lewis-Fussell Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
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
Some Notes Kept of a Journey
Title:
Some Notes Kept of a Journey
Description:
Rachel Coope (1771-1807) was a Quaker who became a teacher among the Seneca in the Allegheny region of New York State in 1805 until her death in 1807. This is her original journal from 1805 describing her travels to New York.
Date:
1805
Collection:
Native Americans and Quakers, 1791-1815
Some Account of my Residence among the Indians continued (Notes 2nd)
Title:
Some Account of my Residence among the Indians continued (Notes 2nd)
Description:
Halliday Jackson documented his time living with the Seneca Indians, which lasted over two years. Following an account of the latter part of his stay, Jackson documents his route returning home. The last part of this journal is a record of an encounter between the Chiefs of the Six Nations and a missionary from Massachusetts, who hoped to preach to them. A speech by Chief Red Jacket is recorded, in which he opposes Christian evangelism, and another in which he opposes selling land.
Date:
1800
Collection:
Native Americans and Quakers, 1791-1815
Jacob Lindley's Account
Title:
Jacob Lindley's Account
Description:
Jacob Lindley documented his journey of four and a half months to attend the treaty negotiations between the United States and the Six Nations, which was to be held at Sandusky, Ohio, in 1793. He kept a daily and detailed account of the journey and the people he met, as well as various thoughts and reflections on contemporary politics and morality.
Date:
1793
Collection:
Native Americans and Quakers, 1791-1815
Journal and Correspondence
Title:
Journal and Correspondence
Description:
Rachel Coope (1771-1807) was a Quaker who became a teacher among the Seneca of the Allegheny region in New York State in 1805 until her death in 1807. One of two manuscript compilations of her letters and journal by her father, Jonathan Sharpless.
Date:
1807
Collection:
Native Americans and Quakers, 1791-1815
Missionary's address to the Chiefs of the Six Nations of Indians and their response.
Title:
Missionary's address to the Chiefs of the Six Nations of Indians and their response.
Description:
Address of a missionary from the Boston Missionary Society to a gathering of the Six Nations of Indians, and a reply to him by Red Jacket.
Date:
1805
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
Some Account of a Visit
Title:
Some Account of a Visit
Description:
Halliday Jackson documented his journey among the Indians of New York state, primarily the Seneca. He was appointed by the Committee on Indian Affairs to undertake this journey. He records several speeches which were made by Quakers and Indians.
Date:
1806
Collection:
Native Americans and Quakers, 1791-1815
Journal and Correspondence
Title:
Journal and Correspondence
Description:
Rachel Coope (1771-1807) was a Quaker who became a teacher among the Seneca of the Allegheny region in New York State in 1805 until her death in 1807. One of two manuscript compilations of her letters and journal by her father, Jonathan Sharpless.
Date:
1805
Collection:
Native Americans and Quakers, 1791-1815
Journal of a Journey
Title:
Journal of a Journey
Description:
Isaac Coates documented his travels through New York, Pennsylvania, and Ohio in 1799 and 1803. He visited the Friends living at Genesinguhta in the Seneca Nation, and met with Cornplanter, the Seneca Chief, with whom he discussed his concerns about liquor consumption, which were shared by Cornplanter.
Date:
1799 - 1803
Collection:
Native Americans and Quakers, 1791-1815
Sketch of the Manners, Customs, Religion and Government of the Seneca Indians in 1800
Title:
Sketch of the Manners, Religion and Government of the Seneca Indians in 1800
Description:
Halliday Jackson wrote this brief description of the culture and customs of the Seneca Indians after his travels in 1800. This volume begins with a few extracts from speeches by Chief Cornplanter and George Washington, which Jackson uses to demonstrate that the United States is obliged to protect Indians and their lands.
Date:
1800
Collection:
Native Americans and Quakers, 1791-1815
Halliday Jackson's Book, Genesinguhta
Title:
Halliday Jackson's Book, Genesinguhta
Description:
This volume contains contemporary copies of correspondence between the Committee on Indian Affairs of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting and the Friends living in the Seneca Nation, of whom Halliday Jackson was one, along with Henry Simmons and Joel Swayne.
Date:
1798 - 1800
Collection:
Native Americans and Quakers, 1791-1815
Invoice of Joseph Johnston to the United States
Title:
Invoice of Joseph Johnston to the United States
Description:
Invoice for the payment of Joseph Johnston for guiding five Friends from Philadelphia to the Seneca nation.
Date:
1798
Collection:
Native Americans and Quakers, 1791-1815