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