Copy of the Appointment and Report of a Committee to Evaluate the State and Condition of Tribes in the State of Connecticut
In the House of Representatives, Messrs. Treadwell, Taylor, and William T. Williams with such gentlemen as the Upper House shall join are appointed a committee to take into consideration the state and condition of the tribes of Indians within this state with respect to the instruction of their children and youth in letters and morals, and to report what measures, if any, ought to be adopted to promote the instruction of such children and youth in order to render them useful in social life, and to report by bill or otherwise.
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General Assembly, May Session, 1815. Attest, Charles Denison, Clerk
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Endorsement: |
Stonington Indians, about 30 in all of |
10 children |
29 |
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Groton, 35 in all |
about 15 children |
35 |
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Mohegan Tribe, 52 in all |
about 12 children |
52 |
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/116 |
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The tribes live one and half miles apart. |
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Poor |
Children |
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2 |
1 |
2 |
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2 |
1 |
0 |
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2 |
0 |
0 |
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2 |
1 |
4 |
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2 |
1 |
5 |
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2 |
/4 |
/11 |
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2 |
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Heads of Families/Wives |
/14 |
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Children |
11 |
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Town's Poor |
4 |
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Stonington Tribe |
/29 |
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Legislative Action: |
In the Upper House, the Honorable Mr. Austin is appointed to join the committee above named. Attest, Thomas Day, Secretary / Committee de Indians |
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Copy: |
A true copy / Attest, Thomas Day, Secretary |
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Cataloguing: |
19a, 19b, 24 |