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

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with him to our Letter of last Spring. Brothers, You received a Letter from your Brothers, the peo-ple called Quakers, written last winter, and directed to the Six Nations of Indians; we have now received your Answer by Cap. Chapin, informing that you are willing to receive our proposals. Brothers, We who now write to you are a part of your friends who wrote to you last winter, and have been sent out by our Friends to do something for your Brothers the Oneida’s, whose answer answer