[Rarebooks] FS: 1743 Educating Indian Children? 1929 ltd. ed. Heye reissue

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Sergeant, Rev.  "A LETTER FROM THE REV'D Mr. SERGEANT OF STOCKBRIDGE, to
Dr. Colman of Boston; Containing Mr. Sergeant's Proposal of a more
effectual Method for the Education of Indian Children..."

New York; Thea Heye: 1929. Edition limited to 200 copies printed by the
Lancaster Press.

A facsimile of a rare pamphlet issued in Boston in 1743, reprinted from an
original in the library of Thea Heye, wife of the founder of the Museum of
the American Indian. It contains the Rev. John Sergeant's plan for
educating Indian children to be civil and industrious by establishing
boarding schools where they will be taught English. This is followed by
Dr. Colman's Reply, in which he includes an account of work already done
by the Rev. Isaac Hollis with the Stockbridge Indians, a branch of the
Algonquian tribe. The Rev. Sergeant, a Yale divinity graduate, was sent to
minister to the Housatonic Indians in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, in
1735. Benjamin Colman was the minister of the famous Brattle Street Church
in Boston. Interestingly, both Sergeant and Colman emphasize the
importance of teaching young Indian girls as well as boys. An important
document, scarce in any edition.

Hardcover. 5.5"x8", 16 pages, paper-covered boards, parchment spine, as
issued; printed on deckle-edged Roma paper; light soil; parchment on spine
split along the crease and reglued with very slight loss; some cover soil.
 [09948]  $200.00

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