Missionaries -- New York (State) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Eleazar Williams papers
Collection
Identifier: VAULT-Ayer-MS-999
Abstract
Missionary to the Oneida Indians in New York and Green Bay, Wis. The mixed Indian-white descendant of Indian captive Eunice Williams of Deerfield, Mass., Williams was appointed a lay reader and catechist by Episcopal bishop John Henry Hobart and began work among the Oneida following the War of 1812. Three letters (1812-1858) and a claim decision (contemporary copy, 1838), together with twenty-nine sermons, letters, autobiographical excerpts, documents, essays, Indian language mss., etc.,...
Dates:
1758-1858