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Beyond Penn's Treaty

Joseph Moore's Journal

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JOSEPH MOORE'S JOURNAL Of a tour to Detroit, in order to attend a Treaty, proposed to be held with the Indians at San-dusky

In the second volume of Friends' Miscellany, was published, Jacob
Lindley

's Account of a Journey to attend this Treaty, with preli
minary remarks and a brief history of the circumstances which led to
this measure. The following Journal, while it corroborates Jacob
Lindley
's account, presents a view of divers interesting incidents
and occurrences, not noted in that narrative. Joseph Moore was a
valuable friend and minister belonging to Kingwood monthly meet-
ing, New Jersey. The place of his residence was near Flemington.

On the 17th of 4th mo. 1793,

I set out for Philadel-
phia, and attended the meeting for sufferings

, where
were divers Friends who had given up to attend the
Indian treaty proposed to be held at Sandusky, on
the waters of Lake Erie — having previously obtained
certificates from our several monthly meetings for
that purpose. The commissioners appointed by go-
vernment are,general Lincoln, colonel Pickering,
and Beverly Randolph. Lincoln goes by water to
Albany, &c. ; William Savery, Jacob Lindley, and
William Hartshorne, go with him: and John Par-
rish
, John Elliott, and myself, with Timothy Pick-
ering
and Beverly Randolph, go through the coun-
try by land. I have some days past, been very poor-
ly with the ague; but am now bravely.

30th.

In the afternoon set out in company with