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North Ferrisburgh 11 Mo 9. 1839 To the Clerk of the Committee on Indian Affairs. Dear Friend, David E Knowles, accompanied by his wife, both members of Ferrisburgh Monthly Meeting &; having certificates from our M &; Q Meetings is about pro- ceeding our religious visit to the Cherokee and other Indians, west of the Missi- sippi; the Q &; M Meetings to facilitate their proceeding, have each appointed a committee to render them such advice and assistance as their circumstances might seem to require and it is with the approbation of the Q. M's Committee that we on the part of the M. M. Com. address thee on the subject. The object we have in view in addressing thee, is to introduce them to the notice of the Committee on Indian affairs, as friends who feel a lively interest in the welfare of that deeply injured people, and should your committee be disposed to aid them, we trust you will have no cause to regret having placed your confidence in them