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Some Account of Rachel Coope [edited by Joshua Sharpless]

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up their children to labor; endeavouring to convince them of the advantage it is to farmers to live seperate from each other and not in little towns. -- A sil- versmith had made many exertions to settle among the Indians, which we entirely disapproved - - The Agent desired them not to suffer him to come on their land, for we would get their money for broaches and bobs that would be of no use to them. for when they wanted a yoke of oxen, if they had money they could go among the white people and get them, but if you take a basketfull of these broach- es they will not take them.- he also descanted on the great benifit of having the Qua- kers among them, and the advantages of the mills; signifying there were no people who had done more for them than they had-- He came home with our young men, and the eve was spent