PROCEEDINGS OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE APPOINTED BY THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS, CONSTITUTING THE YEARLY ANNUAL MEETINGS OF GENESSEE, NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA AND BALTIMORE, FOR PROMOTING THE CIVILIZATION AND IMPROVING THE CONDITION, OF THE SENECA NATION OF INDIANS, (bound together with) FURTHER PROCEEDINGS OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE APPOINTED BY THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS, CONSTITUTING THE YEARLY MEETINGS OF GENESSEE, NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA AND BALTIMORE, FOR PROMOTING THE CIVILZATION AND IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF THE SENECA NATION OF INDIANS, FROM THE YEAR 1847 TO THE YEAR 1850.

[Society of Friends].

Published by William Wooddy / Wm. Wooddy & Son, 1847

About this Item

Two volumes bound-in-one. 1/2 leather binding with marbled boards. Folded 8 x 10 inch letter from Philip Evan Thomas, dated 1850, pinned to the front free endpaper. First volume: 189, [3] pp including errata page. Second volume: 119 pp. This is a detailed account of the Quaker effort from 1828 to 1850 to provide assistance to the Seneca indians. This copy was also a presentation copy from a Joint Committee member, Philip Thomas, who was also the first president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and a major figure in the early canal enterprises of New England. In a cover letter, pinned to the front free endpaper, Thomas writes to a friend: ". . . I now forward to thee 10 copies of our Report for 1847 to 1850. Having had a copy bound for thee, with the Report of 1847, I also enclose it. This volume embraces the history of our proceedings from 1828 to 1850. " A fascinating account from the viewpoint of the Quakers. "Some wear to the extremities and spine re-backed with original gilt lettering still largely intact. Modest foxing on the last 12 pages of the first volume and some dampstains on rear pastedown and endpapers. Overall, a very tight and clean copy.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: PROCEEDINGS OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE APPOINTED BY THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS, CONSTITUTING THE YEARLY ANNUAL MEETINGS OF GENESSEE, NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA AND BALTIMORE, FOR PROMOTING THE CIVILIZATION AND IMPROVING THE CONDITION, OF THE SENECA NATION OF INDIANS, (bound together with) FURTHER PROCEEDINGS OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE APPOINTED BY THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS, CONSTITUTING THE YEARLY MEETINGS OF GENESSEE, NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA AND BALTIMORE, FOR PROMOTING THE CIVILZATION AND IMPROVING THE CONDITION...
• Publisher: William Wooddy / Wm. Wooddy & Son
• Publication Date: 1847
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First edition.
• Condition: Very good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
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