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Johnston has just attended the Canal Board meeting in Columbus. He is in Worthington to see his namesake (Indian boy named John Johnston) who is enrolled in Bishop Chase's seminary, along with three Mohawk Indian boys. Johnston again stresses the importance of placing the Indian students with exemplary white families for acculturation. A sub-agency position for John Shaw is being considered. Johnston believes that Shaw's earlier removal from the Wyandot Mission was "severe " and "unwarranted." He ends his letter with a discussion of the Betty Wright case. Abstract Number - 53
Abstract Number
53
Publication Date
12-3-1825
City
Worthington
Keywords
John Johnston Letters; Wyandot Mission Letters; Indian Pupils given English Names; Indian Pupils to Methodist Homes; Worthington; Education; Acculturation; Betty Wright; Philander Chase; Canals; John Shaw; Sub-Agent
Recommended Citation
Johnston, John, "Letter from John Johnston to James B. Finley" (1825). Finley Letters. 53.
https://digitalcommons.owu.edu/finley-letters/53