Letter of Phineas Fish to John T. Kirkland

Summary: 
A letter to Harvard President Kirkland, Fish remarks on the condition of his ministry to the Mashpee, the need for schools, and the potential addition of Colored members to his parish.
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Parsonage (Fish), Mashpee, Massachusetts

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Community: 
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Mashpee Wampanoag
Protocol: 
Mashpee Public
People: 
Phineas Fish, John T. Kirkland, Gideon Hawley
Category: 
Education, Religion, & Missionary Efforts, Work, Poverty, & Economy, Culture & Society
Keywords: 
Religion/Beliefs, Protestant, Congregationalism, Christianity, Missions, Education/Schools, Children/Youth, Church Membership
Subject: 
Mashpee
Type: 
Letter
Original Date Description: 
1826.01.25
Source: 
Harvard University. Corporation. Records relating to the Marshpee Indians, 1811-1841. UAI 20.811, Harvard University Archives, page 5
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1826.01.25.00
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Manuscript