Joint Committee on Indian Affairs of the Four Yearly Meetings of Baltimore, Genesee, New York, and Philadelphia (Society of Friends : Hicksite)
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
John Jackson Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-171
Abstract
John Jackson (1809-1855), son of Halliday and Jane Jackson of Darby, Pennsylvania, married Rachel Tyson (1807?-1883), daughter of Isaac Tyson of Baltimore, Maryland, in 1832. Together they established the Sharon Female Academy in Delaware County, Pa. John Jackson was a Quaker minister and served on the Joint Committee on Indian Affairs. Collection contains correspondence and other papers, 1827-1849. Series I is made up primarily of correspondence and drafts of correspondence between Griffith...
Dates:
1827-1849
Joint Committee on Indian Affairs of the Four Yearly Meetings of Genesee, Baltimore, New York and Philadelphia
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-046
Abstract
The Indian Committees of New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Genesee (Hicksite) united in 1838 to protect the Seneca from the Ogden Land Company which was trying to buy their land. This collection contains papers relating to the joint committee of representatives, including correspondence chiefly concerning the ceding of Seneca lands in New York by treaty under questionable circumstances. Correspondents include Benjamin Ferris (1780-1867).
Dates:
1836-1850
New York Yearly Meeting Records: Outreach and Witness Committees
Collection
Identifier: QM-NYy-600_799
Scope and Contents
Records include minutes, reports, and general files of the New York Yearly Meeting committees particularly involved in carrying out the Quaker testimonies which involved outreach. Each committee is described and ennumerated separately, with reference to its predecessors and sucessors.
Dates:
1795-2011
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- Indians of North America -- New York (State) 2
- Seneca Indians -- Government relations -- 1789-1869 2
- Society of Friends -- Indian affairs 2
- Antinuclear movement -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Indian land transfers 1
- Indians of North America -- Government relations -- 1789-1869 1
- Indians of North America -- Treaties 1
- Land use -- New York (State) 1
- Nuclear disarmament -- History -- Sources 1
- Peace -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources 1
- Peace movements -- History -- Sources 1
- Peace movements -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Quakers -- New York (State) 1
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- History -- Sources 1
- Quakers -- Seneca Indians -- Treaties 1
- Quakers -- Social life and customs 1
- Real property -- New York (State) 1
- Seneca Indians 1
- Seneca Indians -- Land tenure 1
- Seneca Indians -- New York (State) 1
- Seneca Indians -- Treaties 1
- Society of Friends -- New Jersey 1
- Society of Friends -- New York (State) 1
- Society of Friends -- Vermont 1
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