Meriam, Ebenezer, 1794-1864.

Ebenezer Meriam was a New York Indian agent.

From the description of Correspondence, 1850-1855. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122488810

From the guide to the Ebenezer Meriam correspondence, 1850-1855, 1850-1855, (American Philosophical Society)

Ebenezer Meriam (1794-1864) was a New York meteorologist, pamphleteer and philanthropist who contributed regularly to the schools for Oneida and Onondaga Indian children on the reservation in Central New York.

Samuel J. May (1797-1871), a graduate of Harvard University, was a Unitarian clergyman and social activist. Although his primary interest was in civil rights and particularly abolition, he also raised funds to help build a meeting house and school on the Onondaga Indian reservation and arranged government funding for a teacher.

From the guide to the Ebenezer Meriam Letters on Onondaga Indian Education, 1852-1858, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries)