Vol. 1, 1796-1797

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 Mohicans living with the Oneida tribe in Oneida Country. Simmons describes how he encourages the Stockbridge Mohicans to form a school and 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 Mohicans.