Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Indian Committee. Records, 1791-1892 1791-1892

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Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Indian Committee. Records, 1791-1892 1791-1892

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Twelve reels of letters, diaries, minutes, reports, speeches, accounts, and other archival material of missionaries and individual Quakers, 1791-1908. Includes: Minutes of the Committee for Promoting the Improvement and Gradual Civilization of the Indian Natives (1795-1895), Minutes of the Friendly Association for Regaining and Preserving Peace with the Indians by Pacific Measures (1756-1891); miscellaneous papers of teachers, pupils, visitors to Tunessassa Indian School, Quaker Bridge, New York, mostly twentieth century.

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Zane, Isaac, 1710-1794

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Isaac Zane was a Philadelphia Quaker carpenter. Born in 1710 to Nathaniel Zane in Gloucester County, New Jersey, he moved to Philadelphia around the age of 14 and lived there the rest of his life. He married Sarah Elfreth, daughter of shipwright Henry Elfreth, in 1733/34. The couple had eight children, including Isaac Zane (1743-1795) and Hannah Zane Pemberton (1734-). Zane was active in the Society of Friends, serving as an elder for roughly 40 years. He joined many other Quakers in opposing sl...

Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Indian Committee

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The Indian Committee of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting [PYMIC] began in 1795 and continues at the present time. The committee worked primarily with the Seneca on the Allegany and Cattaraugus Reservations (N.Y.); work was centered at Quaker Bridge ("Tunesassa"). The Friendly Association for Regaining and Preserving Peace with the Indians by Pacific Measures was active as a formal organization from ca. 1756-1764. From the description of Records, ca. 1502-1983. (Haverford College Library)....