Questions Asked Concerning Relief of the Friendly Indians, 1761
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A series of questions to be asked concerning the "friendly" Native American tribes of Pennsylvania. Written by The Friendly Association, short for "The Friendly Association for Regaining and Preserving Peace with the Indians by Pacific Measures”, was established by a group of eminent Philadelphia Quakers in 1756. The group formed in reaction to months of horrific violence between settlers, mostly Scots-Irish and German, and Native Americans on the Pennsylvania frontier. The leaders of the Friendly Association endeavored to establish lasting and productive peace with the Native American tribes of Pennsylvania [mostly Lenape, Susquehannock] and, as a consequence, prove the effectiveness of Quaker pacifism.This digital record contains images that depict the entire contents of folder 3, held in box 18 of the Cox-Parrish-Wharton papers.