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 |
New York Yearly Meeting Committee on Indian Concerns Scrapbook