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The following minute from the Yearly Meetingwas produced and read The application &; expenditure of the donation received from our brethren of Great Britain, in aid of our indeavours to improvethe condition of the Indian natives, wasconcluded to be left to the discretion ofthe committee on Indian concerns Extracted from the minutes of theYearly Meeting of Balto. held the 10mo 1807 By Gerard T. Hopkins Clk The committee having taken into consideration the disposal thereof, concluded toappoint the following friends to invest thesame in such way as they may deem mostsecure and proper to wit Elisha Tyson, EliasEllicott, Gerard T. Hopkins, George Ellicott &;Philip E. Thomas The committee having taken into consideration the present situation of our concernrelative to the Indians, after solid deliberationthereon concluded to nominate our friends Elisha TysonEdward Stabler, Asa Moore David Grave &;HenryMills to make them a visit, if way should openin the course of the ensuing spring or summerin order that we may be more fully ascertainedof their present disposition and the progress they