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SELLING RUM TO THE INDIANS IN 1687Author(s): Anthony MorrisSource: Bulletin of Friends' Historical Society of Philadelphia, Vol. 9, No. 1 (FIFTH MONTH(MAY), 1919), p. 17Published by: Friends Historical AssociationStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/41945133 .

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SELLING RUM TO THE INDIANS IN 1687. 1 7

SELLING RUM TO THE INDIANS IN 1687.1

At a Quarterly Meeting at Amboy the 31 of the 5 month 1688

The following paper was there read.

From Our Yearly Meeting held at Philadelphia the 7th: of y® 7th mo"1 1687 [O. S. ; Ninth month, New Style]. - To the Quar- terly Meeting held in the Province of East Jersey.

It being recommended to us from ye Quarterly Meeting of Phila- delphia ye great evill and bad effects that has appeared by selling ye Indians Rum or other strong liquors and a paper being by them p'sented wch was read amongst us relateing thereto, upon due consideration was approved of & in concurrence there- with wee give forth this following Testimony, being deeply sen- sible & heartily grieved wtiK ye abuses of this nature, that is too frequent up & down amongst us, especially in that some that goes under ye profession of Truth (whom it was expected should have been better Examples) we feare is not wholy clear of it, & There- fore we give forth this as our sence That ye practice of selling Rum or other strong Liquors to the Indians directly or indirectly, or exchanging Rum or other strong Liquors for any Goods or Merchandize wth them considering the abuse they make of it, is a thing contrary to ye mind of ye Lord & great grief & burthen to his People & a great reflection & dishonour to ye Truth, so far as any professing it are concern'd. And for ye more effectual p' venting this evill practice, We advise as aforesaid, That this our Testimony may be entered in every Monthly meeting book & every friend belonging to their Monthly meeting to subscribe the same

Signed at and in behalf of the Meeting By Anthony Morris.

1 From the Historical Magazine, New York, April, 1870.

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