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present and aid by advice at any General Council which such Indians may hold. Consent of action proposed by New York Yearly Meeting, and response from New England--1839 New England Yearly Meeting 6th Mo 1839 The Committee appointed in 1837 and continued last year to correspond as way might open with Committees of other Yearly Meetings on the condition of the Indians residing beyond the Mississippi produced a Report--of which the following is the concluding paragraph-- We would propose that our Yearly Meeting at this time should as far unite with New York Yearly Meeting as to recommend to Friends to enter into a voluntary subscription to the amount of $500 to be appropriated, under the care of such committee as may be appointed by this Meeting to have charge of this subject to the object specified in the communication from the com- mittee on Indian concerns of New York Yearly Meeting --which report was satisfactory to the Meeting and with feelings of sympathy for this much injured people, the surviving members of the Committee now under appointment were continued for another year, to correspond, as way may open for it, with similar committees of other Yearly Meetings on this interesting concern. And it was concluded as proposed by the Committee so far to unite with New York Yearly Meeting as to recommend to Friends to enter a voluntary subscription at this time for the purpose of raising an amount of not less than $500--to be placed in the hands of the Committee of this Meeting and to be appropriated under their care for the objects specified in the report. By direction of our Committee of correspondence on Indian concerns I forward thee the above extract from the Minutes of our Yearly Meeting with the