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by a perserverance in their endeavours to promote the improvement and welfare of this people- the following friends are added to the present Committee- Viz Thomas Rotch, Samuel Titus, Nicholas Wanser, Thomas Willis, and Josiah Field- Extract from the minute Jn. Barrow Clerk to the Meetg this Year Whereby it appears that Thomas Rotch, Samuel Titus, Nicholas Wanser, Thomas Willis, and Josiah Field, are appointed Members of this Committee, and four of them now attended The Clerk informs that he signed and handed our report to the Yearly Meeting as directed The Committee to whom was referred the communication from our friends of Philadelphia, produced an essay which was read, and with some alterations approved- it is as follows Viz Dear Friends New York 6th Mo. 27th 1807 Henry Drinker Thomas Stewardson We were favoured with your com munication on the concern relative to the Indians under our care addressed to John Murray, together with the documents acc