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having no desire for any of your lands, your skins, your furs, or anything that is yours Brothers The hearty desire we feel for your happy improvements in pursuing a quiet peaceful and sober course of life has made us very thoughtful about the serious undertaking of the aforementioned young Men, so that our minds have been earnestly turned to look towards some others of our Brethren to accompany them on their being introduced among you, and to join in endeavours to promote their proceeding in a way most likely to be helpful to you and satisfactory to themselves. and it affords us pleasure to find two friends whom we esteem and love have expressed a willingness to give themselves up to the service; their Names are Joshua Sharpless and John Peirce, Men well worthy of the love and regard of our Indian Brothers Above all things Brothers forget not that when you are still and thoughtful there is