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Last name Roberts
First name John
Display name John Roberts
Birth date 1721
Death date 1778
Gender m
Affiliations Society of Friends, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends. Indian Committee
Bio notes Quaker miller, Merion, Pa. Executed for treason for guiding British foraging parties and for negotiating with Gen. Howe to intercept and rescue Quaker exiles en route to Virginia. Married Jane Downing (1743).
Data notes Birth date is approximate

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Letter to Western Indians from the Meeting for Sufferings

Address to the Six Nations

Life of Thomas Eddy