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A letter from the Revd. Mr. Sergeant of Stockbridge, to Dr. Colman of Boston : containing Mr. Sergeant's proposal of a more effectual method for the education of Indian children, to raise 'em if possible into a civil and industrious people, by introducing the English language among them, and thereby instilling into their minds and hearts, with a more lasting impression, the principles of virtue and piety / made publick by Dr. Colman at the desire of Mr. Sergeant, with some general account of what the Rev. Mr. Isaac Hollis of ---- has already done for the sons of this Indian tribe of Houssatannoc, now erected into a township by the General Court, and called Stockbridge.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sergeant, John, 1710-1749, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Indians of North America--Education--Early works to 1800.
- Indians of North America.
- Indians of North America--Cultural assimilation--Early works to 1800.
- Stockbridge Indians--Missions--Early works to 1800.
- Stockbridge Indians.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (16 pages)
- Other Title:
- Mr. Sergeant's letter to Dr. Colman
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Printed by Rogers and Fowle, for D. Henchman ..., 1743.
- Notes:
- Indigenous Histories and Cultures in North America was originally published in 2013, as American Indian Histories and Cultures. The title was changed in 2024.
- "Dr. Colman's return in compliance with Mr. Sergeant's request": pages [10]-16.
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