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Last name Dean
First name John
Display name John Dean
Death date 1820
Gender m
Affiliations Society of Friends
Bio notes In 1798 John Dean, a Quaker, moved from Westchester to Brothertown, New York, to work for fifty pounds a year on behalf of the Friends. His mission was to help and to educate the Indians at Brothertown. John Dean was soon joined by his son Thomas, who succeeded him as agent and served in that capacity for over thirty years.

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Joseph Clark's Of a second Visit to the Indian Country, 1801

Copy of a manuscript respecting the American Indians (A)

Minutes of the Committee on Indian Concern No 1

Reports of the Indian Committee to New York Yearly Meeting, 1795-1806

New York Yearly Meeting Committee on Indian Concerns Scrapbook