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Account of the visit of Isaac Coates, Joshua Sharpless, and John Pierce to the Native American reservation on the Allegheny River in New York State. They travelled under the auspices of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, and were accompanied by Henry Simmons, Joel Swayne, and Halliday Jackson, who were to remain on the reservation. The travelers left Chester County on 1.5.1789.

Title: Visit to the Indians in 1798
Authors: Coates, Isaac; Sharpless, Joshua; Pierce, John
Call number: MC 950
(Haverford,  Special Collections, Haverford College)
Publisher: Special Collections, Haverford College
Language: English.
Date: From 1798 to 1799
Place: New York (State), Allegheny River (Pa. and N.Y.)
reservation. The travelers left Chester County on 1.5.1789.
Subjects topical: Society of Friends–Indian affairs, Indians of North America–History, Indians of North America–Missions, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends, Indian Committee
Subjects geographic: New York (State), Allegheny River (Pa. and N.Y.)
Genres: diaries