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desire, by one of the committee, that every mem-ber of the Society of Friends would be willing to give sanction to the benevolent experiment recommended by the Yearly Meeting; a senti- ment which was united with by all present. These good resolutions were much strengthened and encouraged by a letter they then opened and read, from the Indian Committee of Philadel-phia, dated Third month 24th, 1796* * Rebecca Jones, in a letter to a son of Catherine Phillips, of England, dated in the autumn of 1795, mentions the appointment of the Philadelphia Com-mittee for Indian Affairs. which set forth that they had addressed their Quar-terly and Monthly Meetings, and, also, Particular Meetings, on the sufferings of Indians, and had sent them, with the minutes from Philadel- hia Yearly Meetings extracts from divers speeches and letters from Indian Chiefs; all tending to spread useful information, and draw the attention of our members to the situation of these distressed people; some of them had also visited the President of the United States, George Washington, (at the time in Philadel-phia,) and acquainted him with the views of our religious Society, on behalf of the Indians. They had, also, conferred with the Secretary of State, who had manifested a desire to co-operate with the Friends, in promoting the interests of the In-dians. They had addressed a circular letter to