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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 /

Title
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 ... Boston, printed by Rogers and Fowle, for D. Henchman in Cornhill, 1743.
Author
Sergeant, John, 1710-1749.
Publication
[Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster Press, 1929]

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Additional Authors
Colman, Benjamin, 1673-1747.
Description
16 p.; 21 cm.
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  • "Reprinted May, 1929, from the original in the library of Thea Heye, New York City, in an edition of 200 copies, of which this is no. 28."
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library