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Organization name Convention of Delegates of the Seven Yearly Meetings
Date founded 1867
Org type review
Bio notes An association of seven Hicksite Yearly Meetings that managed Indian affairs in the northwestern territories from the mid to late 19th centuries. In 1867, held a conference in Baltimore attended by the Indian Committees of the Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, Genesee, Ohio, Indiana, and (after 1875) Illinois Yearly Meetings, which sent a letter to the US Government expressing their interest in public service. In 1869, President Grant announced that the Hicksites would administer the Northern Superintendency, which covered most of Nebraska.
See also Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends, Baltimore Yearly Meeting of Friends, New York Yearly meeting of Friends, gym, iym
Citations http://www.swarthmore.edu/Library/friends/ead/4017code.xml

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New York Yearly Meeting Committee on Indian Concerns Scrapbook