John Sergeant to Peter Thacher
- Collection
- Samuel Kirkland
- Alternative Title
- Letter from John Sergeant to Peter Thacher, January 10, 1794
- Item Media Type
- Book
- Genre
- Manuscripts
- Subgenre- Manuscripts
- Correspondence
- Contributor Name
- Thacher, Peter, 1752-1802
- Sergeant, John, 1747-1824
- Date
- January 10th, 1794
- Language
- English
- Extent
- 4 images
- Abstract
- Sergeant recently saw Samuel Kirkland, who asked him to sign petition described above (164a). Sergeant refused, explaining that he disagreed with Kirkland about methods of education for the Indians. (Requested that a copy of the letter also be sent to the Trustees of Hamilton Oneida Academy).
- Note
Description: Text also found in "Documentary History of Hamilton College," 1922, p. 78.
- Subject Topical
- Indians of North America
- Missionaries
- Subject Name
- Sergeant, John, 1747-1824
- Thacher, Peter, 1752-1802
- Hamilton Oneida Academy
- Hamilton College (Clinton, N.Y.)
- Subject Geographic
- New Stockbridge (N.Y.)
- Madison County (N.Y.)
- New York (State)
- Shelf Location
- Original digital object name: yhm-arc-kir-164b
- Hamilton College Archives, Samuel Kirkland Correspondence, 164b (a)
- Restrictions on Access
- There are no restrictions on access to this material.
Manifest
Thacher, P. & Sergeant, J. .
(1794, January 10).
John Sergeant to Peter Thacher.
Digital Collections, Hamilton College Library.
https://litsdigital.hamilton.edu/do/408f9996-d81b-4e20-8ec3-de517ddcae15
APA
Thacher, P. & Sergeant, J. .
(1794, January 10).
John Sergeant to Peter Thacher.
Digital Collections, Hamilton College Library.
https://litsdigital.hamilton.edu/do/408f9996-d81b-4e20-8ec3-de517ddcae15
Thacher, Peter and Sergeant, John.
January 10th, 1794.
“John Sergeant to Peter Thacher”.
Last modified March 16, 2023.
Digital Collections, Hamilton College Library.
https://litsdigital.hamilton.edu/do/408f9996-d81b-4e20-8ec3-de517ddcae15
Chicago
Thacher, Peter and Sergeant, John.
January 10th, 1794.
“John Sergeant to Peter Thacher”.
Last modified March 16, 2023.
Digital Collections, Hamilton College Library.
https://litsdigital.hamilton.edu/do/408f9996-d81b-4e20-8ec3-de517ddcae15
