1829 INDIAN REMOVAL ACT. Rare Defense of Native American Rights against Federal Hostilities. Spurgeon

1829 INDIAN REMOVAL ACT. Rare Defense of Native American Rights against Federal Hostilities. SpurgeonA very rare drop title offprint of an unusually forward defense of Native American rights first published [and here] in 1829. The tractate argues that the Federal Government over and again treatied with the Indians, then acted in good faith, stole land, massacred villages, and then treatied again. And that the Native Americans should be, and were legally required to be, treatied with as a Nation in good faith, and that America was guilty, repeatedly

Bristol England

This one is a gem

They deeply loved one another

Let me have one line by next post

Prayer is our refuge when the beating storm

Fanny's First Night at Boarding-School

Excellent ordination sermon for Stephen Bemis [1774-1828]

a really fascinating little curiosity about this example is the binding

to vilify their characters

and here gifts this copy of her translation into Spanish back to her Seminary

Bishop of Worcester

Rector of Christ Church