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We were accompanied by James Mott in the visit to Brothertown and Stockbridge, and by Joseph Frost and Sarah Collins to all the Tribes, who united with us in furnishing the articles above mentioned, as also in the propositions made to the Committee Thomas Willis Anne Willis Esther Griffin The attention of the Committee was satisfactory, and the appropriations made by them Committee approved of; and they having suggested the propriety of engaging a person to instruct the Oneida &; Stockbridge Tribes in agriculture &; it was the sense of the Committee that it would be expedient to procure a friend's family to reside amongst them, and if they cannot be found a suitable man friend &; James Mott, Gideon Seaman John Murray, Abraham J Underhill &; Thomas Willis were appointed to attend to the service and authorized to engage a family or person accordingly.