Beyond Penn's Treaty
Look through a variety of transcribed texts examining Quaker interactions with American Indians during the eighteenth century. These texts include diaries of Quakers traveling to American Indian villages, letters from various Quaker families, and the papers of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting's Friendly Association for Regaining and Preserving Peace with the Indians by Pacific Measures.
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