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among them with some improved land and as much more uncultivated land as such friends wish to improve, they will also build a school house &; give their part of the annuity appropriated by Government for the support of a School Master, but the improvements Friends may make on their lands are to be left when friends leave there unpaid for by the Indians; &; it appearing to us that there was such a favorable opening for settling a friend &; his wife &; a schoolmaster among them, that we thought it advisable to accept the houses they afford &; its wanting some repairs to make it comfortable for a family, we procured materials &; agreed with a Carpenter to do the work, Thomas Dean engaging to superintend the business; to accomplish these repairs &; some necessary expences while at Oneida use advanced Nineteen pounds. the report obtained the solid attention of the Comtt &; afforded encouragement to persevere in the promotion of the concern *By a minute of the last Yearly Meeting of Women friends it appears that Jemima Bunken &; Sarah Talcott are appointed Members of this Committee. * And the Treasurer is directed to pay James Mott the sum of Nineteen Pounds therein mentioned