Civilization of the Indian Natives; or, a Brief View of the Friendly Conduct of William Penn Towards Them in the Early Settlement of Pennsylvania
by Halliday Jackson
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About this eBook
- Author
- Jackson, Halliday, 1771-1835
- Title
- Civilization of the Indian Natives or, a Brief View of the Friendly Conduct of William Penn Towards Them in the Early Settlement of Pennsylvania
- Credits
- Produced by Larry B. Harrison, Wayne Hammond and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- E011: History: America: America
- Subject
- Society of Friends -- Missions
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 55063
- Release Date
- July 7, 2017
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Transcriber’s Note: — CIVILIZATION OF THE INDIAN NATIVES; OR, A Brief View OF THE FRIENDLY CONDUCT OF WILLIAM PENN TOWARDS THEM IN THE EARLY SETTLEMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA; The subsequent care of the Society of Friends in endeavouring to promote peace and friendship with them by pacific measures ; AND A concise narrative of the proceedings of the Yearly Meeting of Friends, of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and parts adjacent, since the year 1795, in promoting their improvement AND GRADUAL CIVILIZATION. BY HALLIDAY JACKSON. “And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations.”— Isaiah lxi. 4. PHILADELPHIA : MARCUS T. C. GOULD, No. 6, NORTH EIGHTH STREET. NEW YORK ; ISAAC T. HOPPER, No. 420, PEARL STREET. 1830
- 2.ADVERTISEMENT.
- 3.PREFACE.
- 4.A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE INDIANS, &c. — Friendly intercourse between the Society of Friends, and various nations of Indians. — Some account of the proceedings of Friends of Baltimore Yearly Meeting. — A vocabulary of some of the most familiar words and phrases in the Seneca language, and the English, in alphabetical order.
- 5.FOOTNOTES: — Transcriber’s Note:
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