Letter of Phineas Fish to John T. Kirkland

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Summary: 
A letter to Harvard President Kirkland, Fish reports on the condition of the Mashpee and his ministry to them and to others in the community. Refers Kirkland to Gideon Hawley for more information.
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Parsonage (Fish), Mashpee, Massachusetts

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People: 
Phineas Fish, John T. Kirkland, Isaac Combs
Community: 
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Mashpee Wampanoag
Protocol: 
Mashpee Public
Category: 
Education, Religion, & Missionary Efforts, Work, Poverty, & Economy, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Arts & Abstract Ideas
Keywords: 
Religion/Beliefs, Protestant, Congregationalism, Christianity, Missions, Education/Schools, Church Membership, People of Color, Race, Character, Baptists, Worship, Industriousness, Elders, Land, Improvement, Illness/Disease, Disability, Preaching, Harvard Corporation
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Source: 
Harvard University. Corporation. Records relating to the Marshpee Indians, 1811-1841. UAI 20.811, Harvard University Archives, page 3
Identifier: 
1824.05.01.00
Subject: 
Mashpee