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The address of the Trustees and Treasurer of Friendly Association for regaining and preserving peace with the Indians by pacific measures

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Friendly Association for Regaining and Preserving Peace with the Indians by Pacific Measures
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At head of title: To William Denny Esquire Lieutenant Governor and Commander in Chief of the Province of Pennsilvania
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[1757]
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1 online resource (12 unnumbered pages)
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Pennsylvania. Lieutenant Governor (1756-1759 : Denny)
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The address of the Trustees and Treasurer of the Friendly Association for regaining and preserving peace with the Indians by pacific measures. The Quakers wanted the new Governor to understand their thinking, because they had been accused of treating with the Indians outside of official channels. They sent a long history of their involvement with the Province's efforts to understand why the Indians had attacked the frontier and how to restore peace. The Quakers had raised a considerable sum to provide humanitarian aid and to augment the government's present to the natives. They pushed hard for an outside evaluation of the Native Americans' claims of fraud in land dealings. They thought they were doing the right thing, but others thought they were assuming government functions, especially those outside of Pennsylvania.
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