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Last name Denis
First name Philip
Display name Phillip Dennis
Other names Phillip Denis
Gender m
Affiliations Society of Friends, bymind
Bio notes Member of BYM Indian Committee. Instructed Indians in husbandry and farming around 1804. Lived along Wabash river near Fort Wayne; originally from (and returned to) Ellicott's Mills in Montgomery County, MD. Traveled with Gerard Hopkins.

Mentioned in:

A Brief Account of the Proceedings of the Committee Appointed by the Yearly Meeting of Friends, Held in Baltimore for Promoting the Improvement and Civilization of the Indian Natives

Baltimore Yearly Meeting Indian Committee Minutes, 1795-1815

A Mission to the Indians from the Indian Committee of Baltimore Yearly Meeting to Fort Wayne, in 1804