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Last name Lang
First name John
Middle name Dunmore
Display name John Dunmore Lang
Birth date 1799
Death date 1879
Birth place maine
Gender m
Affiliations Society of Friends, New England Yearly Meeting
Bio notes Quaker minister from New England Yearly Meeting. Born in Gardiner, Maine in 1799, married Ann Elmira Stackpole in 1820. Lived in North Berwick, Maine. Visited Indian territory with Samuel Taylor Jr. in 1842. In 1870 or 1872 appointed by President Grant as member of the Board of Indian Commissioners. 1873, visited indians as far west as the Pacific Ocean. Died in 1879, aged 80.

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New York Yearly Meeting Committee on Indian Concerns Scrapbook