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Beyond Penn's Treaty

Some Account of a Visit

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the Mills, they might be of great use
among your people - These Boys should
be of Sober conduct and such as our friends
would think suitable ot take - They might
stay six months or longer if necessary
and when they were instructed others
might come in their places and by
this means some of your Boys might be
learn'd to carry on business as our friends
do.

Brothers,
Two of our Women have been
sometime at Tunesassa

with a desire
to instruct your Women in things that
will make your lives more comfortable
We hope you have received some
benefit from some of your women
learning how to make soap, which
enables you them to keep your houses more
Clean -- This is very good -- but we think
if some of your girls would go to our
women and learn how to spin flax and
Wool it would be of great advantage to
you and our friends will assist you in
getting it made into Cloth -- Wool we
dont expect you can get a great deal of
yet, but we saw some flax of your own
raising and our friends have a little