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Baltimore Yearly Meeting Indian Committee Minutes, 1795-1815

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The sub committee further informed that aletter was recd. in the 5 month last from that part of our committee residing at Red Stoneinforming that they had agreeably to directionsrecd. engaged John Shaw &; Isaac Griffithto take charge of our station on the Wabashfor the present season and requested suchinstructions to be forwarded to them ascircumstances might render necessary, theyhad accordingly written to them, and also forwarded a communication to the Indiansand one to Wm Wells on the occasion And friends over the mountains having likewise suggested the propriety ofengaging a man and his wife to remove toDennis’ Station at the time, the beforementionedyoung men will leave it, the proposition wasafter consideration united with by the sub committee andfriends there requested to endeavour to procure some suitablepersons in their country for that purpose A communication was received from a committee of the meeting for sufferings ofPhiladelphia accompanied by a minute of