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Joseph Johnson was an 18th-century Mohegan Indian leader, preacher, and schoolteacher in upper New York state. Johnsons diaries, written between 1771 and 1773, document daily life in the Indian Christian communities, and his letters to white benefactors reveal both an uncommon talent for diplomacy and a powerful vision of Indian solidarity.
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To Do Good to My Indian Brethren : The Writings of Joseph Johnson, 1751-1776 Native Americans of the Northeast
author
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Johnson, Joseph.; Murray, Laura J.
publisher
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University of Massachusetts Press
isbn10 | asin
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1558491260
print isbn13
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9781558491267
ebook isbn13
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9780585142159
language
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English
subject
Johnson, Joseph,--1751?--1777--Correspondence, Mohegan Indians--Biography, Missionaries--New York (State)--Biography, Teachers--New York (State)--Biography, Brotherton Indians--Missions.
publication date
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1998
lcc
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E99.M83J657 1998eb
ddc
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974.7/004973/0092
subject
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Johnson, Joseph,--1751?--1777--Correspondence, Mohegan Indians--Biography, Missionaries--New York (State)--Biography, Teachers--New York (State)--Biography, Brotherton Indians--Missions.
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To Do Good to My Indian Brethren
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A Volume in the Series
Native Americans of the Northeast: Culture, History, and the Contemporary
Edited by Colin G. Calloway and Barry O'Connell
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To Do Good to My Indian Brethren
The Writings of Joseph Johnson 1751 1776
Edited by Laura J. Murray
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS PRESS Amherst
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Copyright 1998 by
The University of Massachusetts Press
All rights reserved
Printed in the United States of America
LC 97-28135
ISBN 1-55849-126-0 (cloth); 127-9 (pbk.)
Designed by Dennis Anderson
Set in New Baskerville by Keystone Typesetting, Inc.
Printed by and bound by Thomson-Shore, Inc.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
To do good to my Indian brethren: the writings of Joseph Johnson, 17511776 / edited by Laura J. Murray. p. cm. (Native Americans of the Northeast) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 1-55849-126-0 (cloth: alk. paper). ISBN 1-55849-127-9 (pbk.) 1. Johnson, Joseph, 1751?1777 Correspondence. 2. Mohegan Indians Biography. 3. Missionaries New York (State) Biography. 4. Teachers New York (State) Biography. 5. Brotherton Indians Missions. I. Murray, Laura J., 1965. II. Series. E99.M83J657 1998 974.7'004973'0092 dc21 97-28135 CIP
British Library Cataloguing in Publication data are available.
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Religion achieved system in the tight order of the catechism. Yet in the flow of experience it was partial, ambiguous, and even contradictory. Empowering with its gift of spiritual renewal, it could also result in dark feelings of unworthiness. It added to the fearfulness of life, even as it reassured the faithful of God's providence. And though its claims were totalwhat was more important than preparing for the Day of Judgment?people overlaid these claims with others that arose from family obligations and the structures of community.
David Hall, Worlds of Wonder, Days of Judgment
Have I departed from all Iniquity, To Serve the only Living and True God? If I have not may the Lord Jesus Christ grant I now may Begin whils Called Today.
I read the New Testament chief of this day, and the after noon towards night, I help Shell Corn and it was very late when we left of.
This Even was very pleasant after the moon rise.
Joseph Johnson, November 25, 1771
As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of ag places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.
And I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land, and feed them upon the mountains of Israel by the rivers, and in all the inhabited places of the country.
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