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Friendly Association

The following manuscripts seek to provide an overview of the activities of the Friendly Association for Regaining and Preserving Peace with the Indians by Pacific Measures between 1756-1772. Visit The Friendly Association Papers at Haverford College for a complete listing of manuscripts.

Reference Beyond Penn's Treaty, a digital project from Quaker & Special Collections at Haverford College and Friends Historical Library at Swarthmore College. Beyond Penn's Treaty will provide access to linked and annotated versions of Quaker diaries, letters, and meeting records which record contact with American Indians. The site will allow users to search for people, organizations, and places within a variety of documents; view maps of travel routes and common locations mentioned; and transcribe documents. The transcribed text versions of these documents, scanned images, and the metadata spreadsheets will be available for download and reuse.
 
 We have currently digitized 48 manuscripts, arranged chronologically in the path below "Contents."

Contents of this path:

  1. Account of the Indian Complaints, 1756
  2. Friends' Address to the Governor, April 1756
  3. Conversation with the Indians, April 19, 1756
  4. Christopher Towne to Israel Pemberton, April 25, 1756
  5. Memoranda, 1756 to 1761
  6. Nathaniel Holland to Israel Pemberton, April 13, 1758
  7. Journal of Christian Frederick Post, June 20, 1758
  8. General Forbes to Israel Pemberton, August 18, 1758
  9. Israel Pemberton to Charles Read, September 10, 1758
  10. General Forbes to Israel Pemberton, January 15, 1759
  11. Samuel Lightfoot to Israel Pemberton, January 31, 1759
  12. James Kenny to Israel Pemberton, February 12, 1759
  13. Nathaniel Holland to Israel Pemberton, March 27, 1759
  14. Samuel Lightfoot to Israel Pemberton, May 16, 1759
  15. James Kenny to Israel Pemberton, June 19, 1759
  16. Israel Pemberton to John Stanwix, August 24, 1759
  17. Various Memoranda, 1760
  18. Israel Pemberton, Captive Inquiry
  19. Nathaniel Holland to Israel Pemberton, May 16, 1760
  20. Account of the Return of Three White Prisoners, May 20, 1760
  21. Isaac Whitelock to Israel Pemberton, June 6, 1760
  22. Nathaniel Holland to Friend, August 21, 1760
  23. Christopher Schultze to Israel Pemberton, August 29, 1760
  24. John and Richard Penn to the Friendly Association, September 5, 1760
  25. Benjamin Lightfoot to Israel Pemberton, September 7, 1760
  26. Nathaniel Holland to Israel Pemberton, September 17, 1760
  27. Nathaniel Holland to Israel Pemberton, October 16, 1760
  28. Christopher Schultze to Israel Pemberton, December 1, 1760
  29. List of Goods Applied to Indians (1761)
  30. Papunehan to Israel Pemberton, September 15, 1761
  31. Nathaniel Holland to Israel Pemberton, September 30, 1761
  32. Report of the Easton Conference, August 1761
  33. Christian Frederick Post to Israel Pemberton, August 8, 1761
  34. Governor Hamilton to Papunehan, October 12, 1761
  35. Message to the Governor, October 12, 1761
  36. Nathaniel Holland to Israel Pemberton, December 20, 1761
  37. Account of presents sent to Pittsburgh, 1762
  38. Account of the Indian murders, December 27, 1763
  39. Gov. John Penn to the Wyaloosing Indians, June 29, 1769
  40. Account of the Indian Conference, October 22, 1770
  41. Robert Callender to John Pemberton and Owen Jones, April 22, 1771
  42. Account of Conference between the Indians and the Friendly Association, May 10, 1771
  43. William Patterson to Israel Pemberton, June 10, 1771
  44. The Indians' Letter to the Representatives of Pennsylvania, May 16, 1772
  45. Friendly Association's Message to the Delaware Indians, August 6, 1772
  46. Minutes of Conference with Jos. Peepy and Peter Harrison, November 19, 1772
  47. Philadelphia Friends to Wyaloosing Indians, November 28, 1772
  48. Philadelphia Friends to Wyaloosing Indians, July 8, 1773

Contents of this tag:

  1. Manuscripts
  2. Origins of Discontent: The Friendly Association and the Seven Years’ War
  3. The Politics of Friendly Association

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