Record Source: Other PACSCL Partners / Organization: Associated Executive Committee of Friends on Indian Affairs / Year: <span class="single" data-blrl-single="1828">1828</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Start Over Record Source Other PACSCL Partners Organization Associated Executive Committee of Friends on Indian Affairs Year 1828

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

Extent:: .5 linear ft. (1 box)
Abstract:: John B. Garrett (1836-1924) was an original member of the Associated Executive Committee of Friends on Indian Affairs. Topics discussed include appointment of agents, missionary work, education and citizenship of Indigenous Americans, use of military force, annuity goods, opening of Indigenous territory to settlement by white people, etc. Includes minutes of the 1871 committee meeting, letter of Garrett to his family telling of a 1865 visit to Fort Smith, Arkansas, as part of the "Grand Indian Council," as well as 17 photographs of indigenous Americans present at the Council and printed reports of the meetings.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

Held at: Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]

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