Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Indian Committee
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Halliday Jackson Manuscripts
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-182
Overview
Halliday Jackson (1771-1835) was a Quaker minister from New Garden and Darby, Pa.. From 1798 to 1800 he joined the Quaker mission to the Seneca Indians organized by the Indian Committee of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. Shortly after his return from the mission to the Seneca, Halliday Jackson married Jane Hough and moved to Darby, Pa. Following Jane's death in 1830, Halliday Jackson remarried in 1833 to Ann P. Paschall (1792-1874), also a Quaker minister. These records contain documents...
Dates:
1755-1833
Vaux Family papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1217
Overview
The Vaux family was deeply involved with Quaker and Native American affairs throughout much of the 19th and early 20th centuries. George Vaux, Sr. was involved in Quaker activity through the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting and other Quaker meetings throughout the world (including Antigua and London). Both George Vaux, Jr. and Mary Morris Vaux Walcott, his sister, served as commissioners for the U.S. Board of Indian Commissioners. This organization was established by the United States Congress in...
Dates:
1708-1995; Majority of material found within 1912-1932
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- Indians of North America 1
- Indians of North America -- Government relations 1
- Indians of North America -- New York (State) 1
- Lay ministry -- Society of Friends 1
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- Quaker women 1
- Quakers 1
- Quakers -- New York (State) 1
- Quakers -- Ohio 1
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania 1
- Quakers -- Relations with Indians 1
- Quakers -- Social life and customs 1
- Reports 1
- Seneca Indians 1
- Society of Friends 1
- Society of Friends -- Doctrines -- History -- 19th century 1
- Society of Friends -- Hicksite separation 1
- Society of Friends -- Indian affairs 1
- Society of Friends -- Ohio 1
- Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania 1
- West (U.S.) 1
- clippings (information artifacts) 1
- correspondence 1
- financial records 1
- negatives (photographs) 1
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