Saturday, March 4, 2017

Joseph Fish, Old Light on New Ways


90 -- Edward Deake 1773 letter, calls Samuel Niles a minister
Struggles w/ separatism -- Sam Niles a "new light," accuses Fish of being "dead" in the spirit --> evidence of Indian religiosity being different than English?
114-115 Edward Deake 1775 letter, describes how one party of Indians (the anti-Sachem party?) are gone off in support of the American Revolution,  and the other group is demanding control of the schoolhouse so they can set up a private school for themselves without Deake.
Attempts are made to settle the issue, but in the end Deake/Fish abandon the mission

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