Thomas Mason

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Mason reports that the friends of missions in New York approve the plan for the chiefs to establish a mission store. He emphasizes the importance of accurate record keeping at the store. Finley's visit to Newburgh with the Wyandot chiefs has really excited folks about the missionary cause. As a result, Mason has been able to form a missionary society in the village. He encourages Finley to teach trades to the Indians at the Mission. Young men should be taught a trade as early as possible. Possible trades include blacksmith, carpenter, shoemaker, weaver, hatter, etc. Men should be hired to come into the nation to train for these trades, or some of the young men should be placed as apprentices with whites away from the mission. He asks Finley to send him a copy of the hymnal "Pilgrim's Songster." Abstract Number - 615

Abstract Number

615

Publication Date

10-5-1826

City

New York

Keywords

Thomas Mason Letters; Wyandot Mission Letters; Store; Visit to New York 1826 with Wyandot chiefs; Trades (training); Pilgrim's Songster

Letter from Thomas Mason to James B. Finley


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