| Organization name | Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends. Indian Committee |
| Date founded | 1795 |
| Org type | Yearly Meeting committee |
| Bio notes | In reaction to the French and Indian War (1754-1763), Philadelphia area Friends formed the “Friendly Association for Regaining and Preserving Peace with the Indians by Pacific Measures." This was dissolved at the end of the war, but its tradition continued with the formation of the Indian Committee in 1795. This body worked to educate Indians, lobby for their interests in legislation, and prevent fraud. Their activities were primarily among the Allegany and Cattaraugus Seneca in New York, as well as those inhabiting the Cornplanter tract that bordered New York and Pennsylvania. In 1852, the Committee built a school near the Allegany Reservation. |
| Citations | http://trilogy.brynmawr.edu/speccoll/hv/pymindian.xml |
A Mission to the Indians from the Indian Committee of Baltimore Yearly Meeting to Fort Wayne, in 1804
Halliday Jackson's Book [of Corrrespondence], Genesinguhta, 1798-1800
Journal of Joshua Evans 1795-1796 (E)
Travels in Some Parts of North America, in the Years 1804, 1805, & 1806, by Robert Sutcliff
Life of Thomas Eddy
Joel Swayne Diary