Minute
of
New York
Yearly MeetgOrganization Information .
Indians
west of
Mississippi
1840
At a Meeting of the Committee on the Concern of the Yearly Meeting for the protection of the Indian Tribes
located west of the Mississippi, held in New York
the 12th of the 6th Mo. 1840
Extracts from the minutes of the Yearly Meeting, were
produced and are as
follows
The Committee on the concern of the Meeting in
relation to the Indian Tribes
west of the Mississippi
made the following report
The Committee is continued to the service to act in
concert with
Committees of other Yearly Meetings, which
may engage in the
Concern and it is authorized to
disburse the money raised for this
object, agreeable to
the purpose for which it was collected and if
way open
to employ some suitable well qualified agent to reside
at the principal central seat of government of the
Indians
located west of the Mississipi and the
Committee on the Epistles was requested to communicate
the
present state of the Concern in the epistle to the
several Yearly
Meetings. Sam. L. Mott
his request released from the appointment
Extracted from minutes of said Meeting
Samuel Parsons
At a meeting of the Committee on the Concern of the
Yearly Meeting for the
protection of the Indian Tribes
located west of the Mississipi, held in New York
the 12th of the 6th Mo 1840
The following minute is contained in the extract of
the minutes of the Yearly Meeting
On giving careful attention to the views of the Yearly
Meeting, as
stated in the above minute, it was
concluded that it would be
expedient to make
an appointment to confer with the Committee of
the Yearly Meeting of Friends in New
England
this interesting subject, and to take into consideration
what proceedings should be had in order to carry
into effect the views of the two meetings, especially
in relation to the appointment of an agent to reside
amongst the Tribes for counsel and protection
Tothis service the following Friends were appointed
Richard Mott
and
Extracted from the Minutes of the said Committee