Conference and Treaty with the Indians. A Great Treaty Scene
A long excerpt details the 1682 Penn treaty with the Lenni Lenape. It recalls Penn’s dignified reception, the sachems forming a crescent, and the pledge of mutual aid and peace. The article praises the unanimity and lasting peace, with later notes on the treaty’s legacy and commemorations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tamment
Porn
Ila
Caus
Onas
Pann
Volinira
Saya
Tha Six Nations
Heckeweldur
Onae
Penn
If I Were a Man of Many Trades in a Fragment
A reflective piece imagines choices if the speaker were a farmer lawyer physician merchant tavern keeper lover and more. It contrasts practical ethics with social foibles, mocks youthful vanity, and muses on kindness to the sick and the nature of love and marriage amid cultural commentary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashe
Tubaa
Peon
Bancroft
New World
Pennsylvania
Onas
Indiana
Pann
Dr. Chalmers
Tran
Dacon
Newton
Shaftesbury
Bolingbroke
Oxford
Cailonaop
Fisshrond
BY & J. May
Lexington Normal School
Ter
Damain
Waldes
Continenta
Mannod
Gadd
Duniel McCoy
Elkhart County
Gushan Democrat
Cal
Fortias
Minag
Philip Sidnay
Work for Children and the need for early labor
An editorial urging parents to habituate children to work. It argues that early labor builds health, character, and resilience, preventing bad habits and false views of life. It warns that neglect leads to enervation, vices, and ignorance of life’s cares, harming future independence.
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Aguiitine
Black
Alcott
Dinon
Fenn
Artisse
Nobia
Laat
Joravy
William Penn
Aash
Tha Koess
Peruke
Colonel Markham
Counsil
Jodl Pearson
Thatald Forest
Eqiume
Dan, Jr
Atara
Work For Children
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