Henry Simmons journals, Vol. 1 1796-1797

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Call number: 975.01.072
Extent: 30 pages
Manuscript id: hv_hs_journal_v1_1796

Scope and Content Note: This volume includes a copy of Simmons's removal certificate and records of the names and ages of girls from Oneida Country placed in Friends families in Chester County. Entries describe Simmons's travels from Philadelphia to Oneida Country on a mission to the "Stockbridge Indians," a band of Mahicans living with the Oneida tribe in Oneida Country. Simmons describes how he encourages the Indians to form a school, learn European-American style agriculture, and his encouragement of sobriety among the tribe members. Simmons also provides accounts of meetings between Friends and the Stockbridge Indians.

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