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John Peirce Notes, on a visit to Several Tribes of Indians, 1796

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And we further propose, that any man or woman of these two nations, by producing a Certificate from two of the Chiefs as aforesaid, that he or she is highest or foremost in any one or more of the above particulars, of any other person in that nation, he or she shall be entitled to a double premium for the particular in which he or she shall be so highest or foremost. And our Friends Jacob Taylor, and Henry Simmons, and Enoch Walker are hereby authorized, and desired to pay the above mentioned premi-ums, agreeable to what is herein