![[QUAKERS]. -- [PEMBERTON, Israel (1715-1779), attributed to]. Several Conferences Between some of the principal People amongst the Quakers in Pennsylvania, and the Deputies from the Six Indian Nations, In Alliance with Britain; In order to reclaim their Brethren the Delaware Indians from their Defection, and put a Stop to their Barbarities and Hostilities. Newcastle upon Tyne: J. Thompson and Company, 1756.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2012/NYR/2012_NYR_02622_0109_000(quakers_--_pemberton_israel_attributed_to_several_conferences_between070328).jpg?w=1)
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[QUAKERS]. -- [PEMBERTON, Israel (1715-1779), attributed to]. Several Conferences Between some of the principal People amongst the Quakers in Pennsylvania, and the Deputies from the Six Indian Nations, In Alliance with Britain; In order to reclaim their Brethren the Delaware Indians from their Defection, and put a Stop to their Barbarities and Hostilities. Newcastle upon Tyne: J. Thompson and Company, 1756.
8o (208 x 125 mm). (Some pale marginal staining from binding to first and last few leaves.) Modern half calf antique, marbled boards.
FIRST EDITION of this rare record of the private Quaker negotiations with the leaders of the Iroquois confederacy during the French and Indian War. On their own, the Quakers sought Iroquois help to pacify the Delawares, who with French backing were attacking frontier settlements in Pennsylvania and Virginia. The transcript of the meetings, held at Israel Pemberton's house, reveals that the Quakers blamed the disaffection of the Delawares on the policies of the non-Quaker government of Pennsylvania, whereas the Iroquois felt that the Delawares had been too much neglected by the white settlers. The Iroquois promised to send emissaries to the Delawares on behalf of the Quakers. The record of the conferences is preceded by two Quaker appeals to the government for peace, and by a printing of Pennsylvania Governor Robert Hunter Morris' declaration of war against the Delawares, in which he established a £60,000 fund to pay bounties for Indian scalps, and the scalps of captive Englishmen found fighting with the Indians. RARE: according to American Book Prices Current, only the Siebert copy has sold at auction in at least 30 years. De Puy 37; Howes P-192; JCB (3) 1118; Sabin 59612; Winsor V, p.589; Wroth, American Bookshelf, pp. 116, 128, 130.
8o (208 x 125 mm). (Some pale marginal staining from binding to first and last few leaves.) Modern half calf antique, marbled boards.
FIRST EDITION of this rare record of the private Quaker negotiations with the leaders of the Iroquois confederacy during the French and Indian War. On their own, the Quakers sought Iroquois help to pacify the Delawares, who with French backing were attacking frontier settlements in Pennsylvania and Virginia. The transcript of the meetings, held at Israel Pemberton's house, reveals that the Quakers blamed the disaffection of the Delawares on the policies of the non-Quaker government of Pennsylvania, whereas the Iroquois felt that the Delawares had been too much neglected by the white settlers. The Iroquois promised to send emissaries to the Delawares on behalf of the Quakers. The record of the conferences is preceded by two Quaker appeals to the government for peace, and by a printing of Pennsylvania Governor Robert Hunter Morris' declaration of war against the Delawares, in which he established a £60,000 fund to pay bounties for Indian scalps, and the scalps of captive Englishmen found fighting with the Indians. RARE: according to American Book Prices Current, only the Siebert copy has sold at auction in at least 30 years. De Puy 37; Howes P-192; JCB (3) 1118; Sabin 59612; Winsor V, p.589; Wroth, American Bookshelf, pp. 116, 128, 130.