Letter, 1785 January 20, Stockbridge, [Mass.], to Rev. [Samuel] Mather, Boston, Mass.

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Letter, 1785 January 20, Stockbridge, [Mass.], to Rev. [Samuel] Mather, Boston, Mass.

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Letter written by Rev. Kirkland to Mather, Secretary to the Board of Scotch Commissioners, concerning Kirkland's salary as missionary for the Society of Scotland to the Indians during the Revolutinary War.

1 ALS ; 23 cm.

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Kirkland, Samuel, 1741-1808

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Clergyman and missionary among the Oneida Indians. From the description of Diary, 1799-1801. (New York State Library). WorldCat record id: 50722511 Born in Norwich, Connecticut and educated at the College of New Jersey, Kirkland was a student of Eleazar Wheelock. He traveled to New York where he became a missionary to the Six Nations and the Oneida peoples for more than 40 years. Kirkland is credited with preventing several conflicts between native peoples and colonists. He ...

Mather, Samuel, 1706-1785

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