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Beyond Penn's Treaty

Henry Simmons letterbooks, Vol. 1 1797

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ry they neither want Lands nor Money from Indians,
but purely out of love even that love from above, whi-
ch worketh unto good works. I have often talked
with my people, particularly to youth, what great
thing have been done for us, what great obligations we
are under to improve answerable for the many
favours we received from the hand of the kind provi-
dence- and I hope that by the good Spirit, there are
some amongst us who understand in some measure
these things and humbly look for blessings on these
means that our benefactors may be abundantly re-
warded from above, for their undertakings, and
prove for our present and eternal good, that we
and our posterity may ever keep in remembrance
of the good things which Friends have done for Natives
of this Continent. be it known to the and other
friends; that our Ears are still open to hear good adv-
ices from our friends. Respecting the propo-
sal the made in thy Letter, in translating the little
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