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Excerpt from A Brief Sketch of the Efforts of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends to Promote Civilization and Improvement of the Indians: Also, of the Present Condition of the Tribes in the State of New York
The Quakers, and the good men they employ, will ask nothing from you neither land, nor money, nor skins, nor furs, for all the good they will render you. They will request only your consent and the attention of the young men and boys, to learn what will be so useful. Brothers If this first attempt succeed, the way will be open in which your young people may learn other useful practices of the white people, so as to enable them to supply all their own wants, and such as choose it, may learn to read and write. Having thus explained to you the plan of your friends, the Quakers, I conclude with heartily recommending it to your adoption, as better calculated to procure lasting and essential benefits to your nation, than any plan ever before attempted. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
