Friendly Association for Regaining and Preserving Peace with the Indians by Pacific Measures records
Abstract
Correspondence, including that with civil and military authorities, accounts of preliminary meetings with Indian delegates, and invoices, relating to the Treaty of Easton.
Dates
- Creation: 1756 - 1762
Creator
- Friendly Association for Regaining and Preserving Peace with the Indians by Pacific Measures (Organization)
Restrictions on Access
This collection is available for research use.
Biographical / Historical
Association of Quakers, Mennonites, and other sectarians in Pennsylvania, formed to serve as an intermediary between the Delaware (Lenni Lenape) Indians, colonial governments, and British authorities.
Extent
.1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (ca. 1 in.) and 1 oversize item in flat file)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Source of acquisition--Anonymous. FHL-2023-009 source of acquisition: purchased from Mcbride Rare Books
Processing Information
Subscriber document was concerved in 2023
Subject
Geographic
Topical
- Christian sects -- Pennsylvania
- Delaware Indians -- Government relations -- to 1789
- Delaware Indians -- Treaties, 1758
- Indians of North America -- Government relations -- to 1789
- Indians of North America -- Pennsylvania
- Indians of North America -- Treaties
- Mennonites -- Pennsylvania
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania
- Treaties
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- 2023: Added accession FHL-2023-009
- 2024: This finding aid was reviewed in order to change or contextualize any outdated, harmful terminology related to Indigenous Peoples, except where it appears in a title, quotation, or subject heading.
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